Package: syslinux-efi Version: 8.4 Severity: grave Tags: d-i Justification: renders package unusable
Description of problem: The Kernel does not boot after I select applicable option in the Debian Installer Grub boot menu. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Debian 8.4 arm64 How reproducible: Every time. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Download http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.4.0/arm64/iso-cd/debian-8.4.0-arm64-netinst.iso 2. Verify checksum 3. Copy to USB drive using Windows Win32DiskImager 4. Insert drive in X-Gene system 5. Boot X-Gene system 6. Navigate to UEFI Shell 7. Enter the following command to start the Fedora installer: FS1:\EFI\BOOT\BOOTAA64.EFI 8. In the Grub boot menu select the first menu option and hit enter 9. System hangs The boot issue was not resolved after I restarted the system and added the following kernel parameter: console=ttyS0,115200 Actual results: The following is displayed on the serial console: EFI stub: Booting Linux Kernel... L3c Cache: 8MB Systems hangs and needs to be rebooted. Expected results: First screen of Debian Installer on either VGA or serial console. Additional info: Hardware Gigabyte MP30-AR0 motherboard with APM X-Gene 1 processor flashed with TianoCore UEFI Kingston KVR16LE11S8/4HB 16 GB ECC DDR3 DRAM HGST Deskstar NAS 6 TB hard drive Logitech USB keyboard The standard U-Boot firmware has been replaced by TianoCore UEFI using the steps described in: https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2016/03/08/gigabyte-mp30-ar0-flashing-uefi/ Both Centos 7.2 and Debian Testing were successfully installed on this system and running stable. -- System Information: Debian Release: 8.4 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
