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#1 Re: Installation » Unable to install from the Excalibur netinstall ISO » 2025-02-06 06:14:54

ralph.ronnquist wrote:

Perhaps you could provide an lsmod listing from the working devuan system so I can check them out.

Here it is, alongside the output of both lsusb and lspci (who knows ? Maybe it will be of some use as well)

sysadmin@terminus:~$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
nvidia_uvm           1540096  0
fuse                  176128  2
nft_fib_inet           16384  1
nft_fib_ipv4           16384  1 nft_fib_inet
nft_fib_ipv6           16384  1 nft_fib_inet
nft_fib                16384  3 nft_fib_ipv6,nft_fib_ipv4,nft_fib_inet
qrtr                   49152  2
nft_reject_inet        16384  6
nf_reject_ipv4         16384  1 nft_reject_inet
nf_reject_ipv6         20480  1 nft_reject_inet
nft_reject             16384  1 nft_reject_inet
nft_ct                 24576  8
nft_chain_nat          16384  3
nf_nat                 57344  1 nft_chain_nat
nf_conntrack          188416  2 nf_nat,nft_ct
nf_defrag_ipv6         24576  1 nf_conntrack
nf_defrag_ipv4         16384  1 nf_conntrack
ip_set                 61440  0
nf_tables             303104  174 nft_ct,nft_reject_inet,nft_fib_ipv6,nft_fib_ipv4,nft_chain_nat,nft_reject,nft_fib,nft_fib_inet
libcrc32c              16384  3 nf_conntrack,nf_nat,nf_tables
nfnetlink              20480  3 nf_tables,ip_set
rfcomm                 94208  4
cmac                   16384  3
algif_hash             16384  1
algif_skcipher         16384  1
af_alg                 36864  6 algif_hash,algif_skcipher
bnep                   28672  2
msr                    16384  0
nvidia_drm             77824  92
drm_kms_helper        212992  1 nvidia_drm
nvidia_modeset       1314816  22 nvidia_drm
nls_ascii              16384  1
nls_cp437              20480  1
vfat                   24576  1
fat                    90112  1 vfat
video                  65536  1 nvidia_modeset
parport_pc             40960  0
ppdev                  24576  0
lp                     20480  0
parport                73728  3 parport_pc,lp,ppdev
intel_rapl_msr         20480  0
intel_rapl_common      32768  1 intel_rapl_msr
edac_mce_amd           40960  0
btusb                  69632  0
btrtl                  28672  1 btusb
btbcm                  24576  1 btusb
btintel                45056  1 btusb
kvm_amd               155648  0
btmtk                  16384  1 btusb
iwlmvm                385024  0
nvidia              56795136  2234 nvidia_uvm,nvidia_modeset
kvm                  1146880  1 kvm_amd
bluetooth             970752  30 btrtl,btmtk,btintel,btbcm,bnep,btusb,rfcomm
irqbypass              16384  1 kvm
mac80211             1175552  1 iwlmvm
ghash_clmulni_intel    16384  0
sha256_ssse3           32768  0
snd_hda_codec_realtek   176128  1
libarc4                16384  1 mac80211
sha1_ssse3             32768  0
snd_hda_codec_generic    98304  1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
jitterentropy_rng      16384  1
ledtrig_audio          16384  1 snd_hda_codec_generic
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     81920  1
sha512_ssse3           49152  1
sha512_generic         16384  1 sha512_ssse3
snd_usb_audio         380928  0
uvcvideo              131072  0
snd_hda_intel          57344  0
iwlwifi               360448  1 iwlmvm
snd_intel_dspcfg       36864  1 snd_hda_intel
ctr                    16384  0
videobuf2_vmalloc      20480  1 uvcvideo
snd_virtuoso           65536  0
snd_intel_sdw_acpi     20480  1 snd_intel_dspcfg
videobuf2_memops       20480  1 videobuf2_vmalloc
aesni_intel           393216  4
videobuf2_v4l2         36864  1 uvcvideo
snd_hda_codec         184320  4 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_oxygen_lib         53248  1 snd_virtuoso
videobuf2_common       73728  4 videobuf2_vmalloc,videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo,videobuf2_memops
snd_usbmidi_lib        45056  1 snd_usb_audio
snd_mpu401_uart        16384  1 snd_oxygen_lib
drbg                   45056  1
videodev              294912  3 videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo,videobuf2_common
crypto_simd            16384  1 aesni_intel
snd_hda_core          122880  5 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_rawmidi            53248  2 snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_mpu401_uart
cryptd                 28672  3 crypto_simd,ghash_clmulni_intel
cfg80211             1146880  3 iwlmvm,iwlwifi,mac80211
snd_hwdep              16384  2 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_device         16384  1 snd_rawmidi
evdev                  28672  27
joydev                 28672  0
mc                     81920  5 videodev,snd_usb_audio,videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo,videobuf2_common
ansi_cprng             16384  0
snd_pcm               159744  6 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_usb_audio,snd_oxygen_lib,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_core
drm                   614400  47 drm_kms_helper,nvidia,nvidia_drm
rapl                   20480  0
ecdh_generic           16384  2 bluetooth
snd_timer              49152  1 snd_pcm
sp5100_tco             20480  0
pcspkr                 16384  0
wmi_bmof               16384  0
gigabyte_wmi           24576  0
efi_pstore             16384  0
ecc                    40960  1 ecdh_generic
ccp                   118784  1 kvm_amd
snd                   126976  15 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_intel,snd_usb_audio,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_oxygen_lib,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_timer,snd_virtuoso,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi
mxm_wmi                16384  0
watchdog               45056  1 sp5100_tco
k10temp                16384  0
rfkill                 36864  8 iwlmvm,bluetooth,cfg80211
soundcore              16384  1 snd
button                 24576  0
acpi_cpufreq           32768  0
efivarfs               24576  1
ext4                  983040  6
crc16                  16384  2 bluetooth,ext4
mbcache                16384  1 ext4
jbd2                  167936  1 ext4
crc32c_generic         16384  0
hid_multitouch         32768  0
hid_generic            16384  0
usbhid                 65536  0
hid                   159744  3 usbhid,hid_multitouch,hid_generic
dm_mod                184320  25
ahci                   49152  0
libahci                49152  1 ahci
xhci_pci               24576  0
xhci_hcd              315392  1 xhci_pci
r8169                  94208  0
nvme                   57344  2
libata                401408  2 libahci,ahci
realtek                36864  1
nvme_core             163840  9 nvme
mdio_devres            16384  1 r8169
t10_pi                 16384  1 nvme_core
usbcore               348160  7 xhci_hcd,snd_usb_audio,usbhid,snd_usbmidi_lib,uvcvideo,btusb,xhci_pci
scsi_mod              286720  1 libata
crc32_pclmul           16384  0
crc32c_intel           24576  13
libphy                180224  3 r8169,mdio_devres,realtek
i2c_piix4              28672  0
crc64_rocksoft         20480  1 t10_pi
crc64                  20480  1 crc64_rocksoft
crc_t10dif             20480  1 t10_pi
scsi_common            16384  2 scsi_mod,libata
usb_common             16384  3 xhci_hcd,usbcore,uvcvideo
crct10dif_generic      16384  0
crct10dif_pclmul       16384  1
crct10dif_common       16384  3 crct10dif_generic,crc_t10dif,crct10dif_pclmul
wmi                    36864  4 video,gigabyte_wmi,wmi_bmof,mxm_wmi
sysadmin@terminus:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 048d:8297 Integrated Technology Express, Inc. IT8297 RGB LED Controller
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:5411 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5411 Hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. Hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 045b:0209 Hitachi, Ltd 
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 046d:0825 Logitech, Inc. Webcam C270
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 045b:0209 Hitachi, Ltd 
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 0eef:0005 D-WAV Scientific Co., Ltd WS170120
Bus 001 Device 009: ID 0b05:19a7 ASUSTek Computer, Inc. ROG Gaming Display Aura Device
Bus 001 Device 010: ID 0eef:0005 D-WAV Scientific Co., Ltd WS170120
Bus 001 Device 011: ID 046d:c08b Logitech, Inc. G502 SE HERO Gaming Mouse
Bus 001 Device 012: ID 0bda:5450 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. BillBoard Device
Bus 001 Device 013: ID 1b1c:1b11 Corsair K95 RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0bda:0411 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 045b:0210 Hitachi, Ltd 
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 045b:0210 Hitachi, Ltd 
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 8087:0029 Intel Corp. AX200 Bluetooth
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. Hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
sysadmin@terminus:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Root Complex
00:00.2 IOMMU: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse IOMMU
00:01.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
00:01.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse GPP Bridge
00:01.2 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse GPP Bridge
00:02.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
00:03.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
00:03.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse GPP Bridge
00:04.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
00:05.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
00:07.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
00:07.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to bus[E:B]
00:08.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
00:08.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to bus[E:B]
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller (rev 61)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge (rev 51)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse/Vermeer Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 0
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse/Vermeer Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 1
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse/Vermeer Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 2
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse/Vermeer Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 3
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse/Vermeer Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 4
00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse/Vermeer Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 5
00:18.6 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse/Vermeer Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 6
00:18.7 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse/Vermeer Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 7
01:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Sandisk Corp SanDisk Ultra 3D / WD PC SN530, IX SN530, Blue SN550 NVMe SSD (DRAM-less) (rev 01)
02:00.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse Switch Upstream
03:00.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse PCIe GPP Bridge
03:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse PCIe GPP Bridge
03:02.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse PCIe GPP Bridge
03:03.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse PCIe GPP Bridge
03:05.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse PCIe GPP Bridge
03:06.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse PCIe GPP Bridge
03:08.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse PCIe GPP Bridge
03:09.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse PCIe GPP Bridge
03:0a.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse PCIe GPP Bridge
04:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd NVMe SSD Controller SM981/PM981/PM983
05:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Sandisk Corp SanDisk Ultra 3D / WD PC SN530, IX SN530, Blue SN550 NVMe SSD (DRAM-less) (rev 01)
06:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Sandisk Corp WD Black SN850X NVMe SSD (rev 01)
07:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX200 (rev 1a)
08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8125 2.5GbE Controller (rev 01)
09:00.0 PCI bridge: PLX Technology, Inc. PEX8112 x1 Lane PCI Express-to-PCI Bridge (rev aa)
0a:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CMI8788 [Oxygen HD Audio]
0b:00.0 Non-Essential Instrumentation [1300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Reserved SPP
0b:00.1 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse USB 3.0 Host Controller
0b:00.3 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse USB 3.0 Host Controller
0c:00.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 51)
0d:00.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 51)
0e:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GA104 [GeForce RTX 3070] (rev a1)
0e:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GA104 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
0f:00.0 Non-Essential Instrumentation [1300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Function
10:00.0 Non-Essential Instrumentation [1300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Reserved SPP
10:00.1 Encryption controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Cryptographic Coprocessor PSPCPP
10:00.3 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse USB 3.0 Host Controller
10:00.4 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller

#2 Re: Installation » Unable to install from the Excalibur netinstall ISO » 2025-02-05 10:52:55

Looks like you are trying Ventoy, that tool does not work with Daedalus. And I would assume its the same with Excalibur.

I was offered no choice about this. This is the result of using the ISO netinstall image supplied on devuan mirrors for Excalibur.

Can you provide output of blkid $USBDEV where $USBDEV is the device node for that USB; It appears the boot preamble fails to find a duly labelled partition.

Here it is (both for the device as a whole and for each of its partitions):

/dev/sda: BLOCK_SIZE="2048" UUID="2024-10-17-20-20-49-00" LABEL="DEVUAN60" type="iso9660" PTUUID="3dee7ae1" PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sda1: BLOCK_SIZE="2048" UUID="2024-10-17-20-20-49-00" LABEL="DEVUAN60" type="iso9660" PTUUID="3dee7ae1" PTTYPE="dos" PARTUUID="3dee7ae1-01"
/dev/sda2: SEC_TYPE="msdos" UUID="1A0E-5C19" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="3dee7ae1-02"

Next, if you are somewhat confident with command line, you could try adding EMERG to the boot line

I tried that, too, but it doesn't work, as the keyboard is unresponsive in the resulting BusyBox session (regardless on what USB port I plug the keyboard in - and I also tried with two different keyboards just to be sure). I have no PS/2 port on this machine, unfortunately, so I can't test with a PS/2 keyboard.

#3 Installation » Unable to install from the Excalibur netinstall ISO » 2025-02-05 07:08:40

Lauwenmark
Replies: 7

Hello,

I tried to install Devuan from the Excalibur netinstall ISO, but this fails for some obscure reason. I get the following error messages :

=== Devuan boot preamble ===
Load modules:
 1 2
LABEL=DEVUAN60: Can't lookup blockdev
LABEL=Ventoy: Can't lookup blockdev
mount: mounting LABEL=Ventoy on /mnt failed: No such file or directory
LABEL=Ventoy: Can't lookup blockdev
mount: mounting LABEL=Ventoy on /mnt failed: No such file or directory
LABEL=DEVUAN60: Can't lookup blockdev
LABEL=Ventoy: Can't lookup blockdev
mount: mounting LABEL=Ventoy on /mnt failed: No such file or directory
LABEL=Ventoy: Can't lookup blockdev
mount: mounting LABEL=Ventoy on /mnt failed: No such file or directory
LABEL=DEVUAN60: Can't lookup blockdev
LABEL=Ventoy: Can't lookup blockdev
mount: mounting LABEL=Ventoy on /mnt failed: No such file or directory
LABEL=Ventoy: Can't lookup blockdev
mount: mounting LABEL=Ventoy on /mnt failed: No such file or directory
*** failed to mount the cdrom
*** Starting emergency shell ...

BusyBox v1.37.0 (Debian 1:1.37.0-4) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

~ #

The keyboard is then unresponsive, and I have to perform a hard reset.

I have tested three different USB keys, created with Rufus, in MBR and GPT format, either in DD or ISO mode. None of this allowed me to reach the installer stage.

I have also tried to burn a physical DVD, but this resulted in the very same error as mentioned above.

This machine has a 5950X CPU on a Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master. This machine already has a working Devuan stable installation that boots without trouble. SecureBoot is disabled, and I tested with both CSM enabled and disabled.

Anyone got any idea on what's wrong ?

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