Re: UEFI install from USB fails on Lenovo X1 Carbon

2013-03-19 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:24:27PM +1100, Adam Baxter wrote: >OK, attempt two with a brand new Sandisk USB drive. >dd'ing the image directly works but I still get the same grub error, >followed by a *nonblinking* cursor Right. Totally blank screen with a cursor overlaid? Or do you get anything vis

Re: UEFI install from USB fails on Lenovo X1 Carbon

2013-03-19 Thread Adam Baxter
OK, attempt two with a brand new Sandisk USB drive. dd'ing the image directly works but I still get the same grub error, followed by a *nonblinking* cursor The drive LED seemed to indicate that there was some activity, but many minutes later and there was no change. Yanking the drive didn't result

Re: UEFI install from USB fails on Lenovo X1 Carbon

2013-03-19 Thread Adam Baxter
> > OK, that *is* strange. I'm curious - do you have secure boot enabled, > maybe? > Secure boot is disabled. > Right. So it's booting grub, but not getting any further at all. Have > you copied all the files from the CD image? I'm wondering if it's > maybe not finding some things it's looking fo

Re: UEFI install from USB fails on Lenovo X1 Carbon

2013-03-19 Thread Adam Baxter
On 19 March 2013 22:27, Steve McIntyre wrote: > There shouldn't be any need to copy files to a FAT32 USB > drive for UEFI - simply dd the installation image directly onto the > drive. In this case, the system refuses to boot at all - I'm simply returned to the Lenovo boot menu > Also: which

Re: UEFI install from USB fails on Lenovo X1 Carbon

2013-03-19 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 10:37:56PM +1100, Adam Baxter wrote: >On 19 March 2013 22:27, Steve McIntyre wrote: > > >> There shouldn't be any need to copy files to a FAT32 USB >> drive for UEFI - simply dd the installation image directly onto the >> drive. > >In this case, the system refuses to boot a

Re: UEFI install from USB fails on Lenovo X1 Carbon

2013-03-19 Thread Steve McIntyre
Adam wrote: >The debian installer fails on boot after displaying "error: prefix not set" >on my X1 carbon. This is after copying the files to a FAT32 USB drive so >it'll boot in proper UEFI mode. > >Any ideas or ways to get additional debug information? Hi Adam, Could you give us a bit more infor

UEFI install from USB fails on Lenovo X1 Carbon

2013-03-18 Thread Adam Baxter
Hi guys, The debian installer fails on boot after displaying "error: prefix not set" on my X1 carbon. This is after copying the files to a FAT32 USB drive so it'll boot in proper UEFI mode. Any ideas or ways to get additional debug information? Thanks, Adam