Devuan bug report logs - #765
[devuan-installer] Daedalus Live iso fails on DVD

Package: refractainstaller-base; Maintainer for refractainstaller-base is fsmithred <fsmithred@gmail.com>; Source for refractainstaller-base is src:refractainstaller-base.

Reported by: Bud Heal <budheal508@gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2023 14:30:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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Subject: Re: bug#765: [devuan-installer] Daedalus Live iso fails on DVD
To: Bud Heal <budheal508@gmail.com>
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Which iso did you use?

Did you boot uefi or legacy bios?

Thanks,
fsmithred



On 7/6/23 20:21, Bud Heal wrote:
> I burned the DVD and tried to boot on an external Samsung (SE-208) on a
> Dell Precision M4600, 8GB main memory, i7-2820 (2.3 GHz), stock Intel
> graphics (64MB). Legacy setting.
> 
> The internal DVD drive conked out as I went to do this testing. I have too
> many other computers with running internal DVD drives if needed.
> 
> The DVD, and the drive, boot just fine to the main menu. It loads the
> kernel and userland without prompting, if slower than from a USB stick. If
> one presses the up/down arrow, after those loads, the focus shifts, at
> which point the loading restarts.
> 
> The only difference with the process with the USB stick is it proceeds to
> the standalone messages and then displays a desktop.
> 
> I could test optical media (;)) but the time to set up for debugging, alas,
> not this month.
> 
> On Sat, Jul 1, 2023 at 9:32 AM . fsmithred <fsmithred@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Mark,
>>
>> We probably need a pseudopackage for desktop-live like there is for
>> minimal-live. It sounds like the problem is that the dvd won't boot.
>> The installer isn't running yet at that point.
>>
>> Bud,
>>
>> Which iso did you use? Are you booting uefi or legacy bios? What kind
>> of hardware is it, especially the graphics - intel, amd or nvidia?
>>
>> FWIW I tried devuan_daedalus_5.0.0-rc1_amd64_desktop-live.iso copied
>> to usb with dd and it boots to desktop on a lenovo T450s in bios mode.
>> I can test uefi some time in the next 24 hours.
>>
>> I can't test optical media at this time.
>>
>> fsmithred
>>
>>
>> On 7/1/23, Mark Hindley <mark@hindley.org.uk> wrote:
>>> Control: reassign -1 refractainstaller-base
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 02:27:16PM +0000, Bud Heal wrote:
>>>>     Package: devuan-installer
>>>>     I burned a DVD with the live image,
>>>
>>> I assume you mean Refracta's Desktop Live rather than Minimal Live.
>>>
>>> Reassigning.
>>>
>>> fsmithred,
>>>
>>> I hope I have understood the OP correctly. Please reassign if not.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>
>

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Devuan bug report logs - #765 [devuan-installer] Daedalus Live iso fails on DVD

Devuan bug report logs - #765
[devuan-installer] Daedalus Live iso fails on DVD