I have solved the problem. One of my hardrive was buggy. I replaced it. And
everything is fine now.

Thank you all.

On Fri., Dec. 20, 2019, 2:33 p.m. Adrian D'Costa, <adriandcos...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I have no /var/log/messages or dmesg | tail because the laptop won't boot
> into Debian Buster at all.
>
> I managed to use Debian Xfce 10.2 Live Non-Free Firmwares USB Stick. More
> information is given below:
>
>
> user@debian:~$ sudo fdisk -l
> Disk /dev/sda: 238.5 GiB, 256060514304 bytes, 500118192 sectors
> Disk model: INTEL SSDSCKKF25
> Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> Disklabel type: gpt
> Disk identifier: C88E769C-28A4-4F5B-9BF2-C20843BF3120
>
> Device         Start       End   Sectors   Size Type
> /dev/sda1       2048    534527    532480   260M EFI System
> /dev/sda2     534528    567295     32768    16M Microsoft reserved
> /dev/sda3     567296 498069503 497502208 237.2G Microsoft basic data
> /dev/sda4  498069504 500117503   2048000  1000M Windows recovery
> environment
>
>
> Disk /dev/sdb: 931.5 GiB, 1000204885504 bytes, 1953525167 sectors
> Disk model: Expansion
> Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
> Disklabel type: gpt
> Disk identifier: F4086DD7-3948-44C9-A568-3983799F9420
>
> Device          Start        End    Sectors   Size Type
> /dev/sdb1        2048       4095       2048     1M BIOS boot
> /dev/sdb2        4096   58597375   58593280    28G Linux filesystem
> /dev/sdb3    58597376   65458175    6860800   3.3G Linux swap
> /dev/sdb4    65458176 1083490303 1018032128 485.4G Linux filesystem
> /dev/sdb5  1083490304 1953523711  870033408 414.9G Microsoft basic data
>
>
> Disk /dev/sdc: 28.8 GiB, 30943995904 bytes, 60437492 sectors
> Disk model: DataTraveler 3.0
> Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> Disklabel type: dos
> Disk identifier: 0x2bfbca39
>
> Device     Boot Start      End  Sectors  Size Id Type
> /dev/sdc1  *     2048 60437491 60435444 28.8G  c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
>
>
> Disk /dev/loop0: 2.3 GiB, 2510594048 bytes, 4903504 sectors
> Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
>
>
> user@debian:~$
> cat fstab
>
>
> # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
> #
> # Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
> # device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
> # that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
> #
> # <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
> # / was on /dev/sdb2 during installation
> UUID=673a0bbc-3b77-4f7a-bd24-8fbe85112fef /               ext4
>  errors=remount-ro 0       1
> # /home was on /dev/sdb4 during installation
> UUID=fdd6143f-b410-473c-acca-779b7a0783d4 /home           ext4    defaults
>        0       2
> # swap was on /dev/sdb3 during installation
> UUID=0185056f-3fee-4269-b59c-7188410d7133 none            swap    sw
>        0       0
>
>
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> Sincerely yours
> Adrian D'Costa
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 6:28 PM Adrian D'Costa <adriandcos...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I am trying to install Debian 10.2 XFCE DVD with non-free firmware.
>>
>> It says on the monitor everything has completed successfully. Now remove
>> the removable media from which is the USB stick and boot into your new
>> system.
>>
>> But the computer doesn't boot into newly installed Debian Buster.
>>
>> I have installed Grub in the MBR (Master Boot Record of Seagate's USB
>> expansion drive).
>>
>> The Lenovo laptop is setup with the setup UEFI as UEFI and BIOS both,
>> with BIOS first.
>>
>> Can anybody kindly tell me what I am doing wrong? Can anybody kindly
>> point out where am I making the mistake?
>>
>> Shouldn't the computer load the MBR's Grub as I have pointed the boot
>> order (first by pressing continuously F2 and changing Boot Priority and
>> then Boot Option by pressing F12) to the Seagate USB expansion drive? Let
>> me know if you need any information or setting info about installed Debian
>> Buster's configuration.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> P.S. For your information I previously installed Debian Squeezy's GRUB on
>> to the same Seagate's MBR. But now I deleted all the partitions and used
>> the guided automatic partitioning scheme that came with Buster and have a
>> fresh install. I have turned off Secure Boot.
>>
>>
>>

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