Thank you! I was using the 32-bit image! Duh!!! I retried with the 64-bit image and it is all good!
On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 11:16 AM Andrew M.A. Cater <amaca...@einval.com> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 07:43:56PM -0600, Flacusbigotis wrote: > > Thomas and Andrew, thanks for your reply. > > > > > > The laptop is no more than two years old and it has an Intel Core > i3-1005G1 > > processor. > > Also, I checked the USB stick and it only has the 32-bit EFI program in > the > > EFI boot folder. > > > > I assume based on what Andrew said that maybe the UEFI needs to be > 64-bit. > > I guess I will take the thread to the debian-live mailing list and ask > why > > there is no 64-bit UEFI program and their plans to add one. > > > > On Tue, Feb 8, 2022 at 5:18 AM Thomas Schmitt <scdbac...@gmx.net> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > > > I had a similar issue the other day with an old Intel Baytrail > > > > notebook where the UEFI is 32 bit and the processor is 64 bit - > using a > > > > Debian multi-arch installer worked. I used the one with firmware. > > > > > > This would match the observation that Knoppix 9.1 works. > > > I have Knoppix 9.0 and 9.2 ISOs. On both the EFI partition has start > > > programs for 64 bit and for 32 bit: > > > /mnt/fat/efi/boot/BOOTIA32.efi > > > /mnt/fat/efi/boot/BOOTX64.efi > > > > > > > > > Have a nice day :) > > > > > > Thomas > > > > > > > > Check which Debian live image you downloaded - I think there are two > versions > -- one 32 bit, one 64 bit. > > To be honest, I'd be tempted to just use a standard Debian installer. > > If you have a machine which only has UEFI and refuses to boot a 64 bit > Debian live at any point - at that point, you can look to say whether it's > one of the outliers with a 32 bit BIOS and 64 bit CPU. > > There was a rash of netbooks a few years ago with 2GB RAM for just this > reason > they were sold with cut down 32 bit Windows versions. > > Hope this helps, all the very best, as ever, > > Andy C. > >
