On Wed 17 May 2017 at 13:41:03 -0400, Luis Finotti wrote: > I've installed stretch from a DI RC3 image (from here: > https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/) > a couple of weeks back on an old Dell Inspiron Mini 1018.
Is this the only OS on the machine? > The install went without a problem and I could reboot just fine. I then > updated it, installed LXDE and a few more packages, but after that I cannot > reboot. Even in recovery mode it gets stuck. It seems that the point at > which it gets stuck varies, but it never finishes booting. Installing extra packages (if that is all you ever did) should not lead to non-booting. > Since I don't get a prompt, I don't know how to get more info. Since I > could reboot, I don't think it was an installation problem. You obviously get the GRUB menu. When it appears hit the "c" key and type set pager=1 set What is do "prefix=" and "root=" say? Press the Esc key and hit the "e" key when the OS to be booted is highlighted. What does "set root=" say? -- Brian.
