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#1 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] persist initramfs fsck.log / persist the following output on disc fail » Yesterday 22:28:21
Thank you!
#2 Installation » [SOLVED] persist initramfs fsck.log / persist the following output on disc fail » Yesterday 19:40:39
- grebulos
- Replies: 2
Immediately after installation from devuan_excalibur_6.1.0_amd64_netinstall.iso, the following two failures are shown in the boot process:
Sun Feb 08: 15:18:10 2026: Cannot persist initramfs fsck.log ... failed!
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Sun Feb 08: 15:18:10 2026: Checking file systems...Cannot persist the following output on disc ... failed!I have searched the web, but anything I found was in conjunction with an additional error/failure (like this here: https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=7586) and these two were not addressed.
Is this something to worry about? And if so, what can be done to fix it?
Thanks for any suggestions.
Current disk layout:
nvme0n1
├─nvme0n1p1 vfat FAT32 9D48-C8DC 965.3M 1% /boot/efi
├─nvme0n1p2 ext4 1.0 2a1c42c6-75e1-43b3-b040-a5804f476b56 9G 9% /
├─nvme0n1p3 ext4 1.0 3fccc3db-8aac-40c9-aeef-f60ed632416b 3.6G 7% /var
├─nvme0n1p4 swap 1 dcdcc142-cb52-44dc-a485-7f587b4a354d [SWAP]
└─nvme0n1p5 ext4 1.0 c5ab0730-631b-4dfb-a186-d3c0fd74ef03 95.1G 0% /srv#3 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] excalibur netinstall iso does not boot from USB stick » Yesterday 13:50:24
Ok, that worked ... booted sucessfully from devuan_excalibur_6.1.0_amd64_netinstall.iso ... Thank you
So it is in fact Rufus in conjunction with (at least) two syslinux 6.04 versions (20250415 and 20200816). I simply hate these misleading empirics ... a long trusted tool was not readily suspcious in this case. Well, one learns.
#4 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] excalibur netinstall iso does not boot from USB stick » Yesterday 11:41:58
Thanks, is this what I should do?
1. download the install.iso onto a linux system
2. insert the usb stick
3. assuming that usb stick is /dev/sdc:
$> dd if=/path/to/install.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=1M status=progress
#5 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] excalibur netinstall iso does not boot from USB stick » Yesterday 10:37:22
Thanks for the hint!
The boot partion on the usb stick has the boot (and lba) flag set. I checked with gparted.
No luck.
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As I mentioned, I am using Rufus 4.12.2314 (a windows tool) to create the usb boot stick from the ISOs
and it works just fine with every distro I tried but Devuan Excalibur install ISOs (see list below, boot
flag was alwas set). I'd be happy to create the stick some other way that somebody here could recommended.
But based on my test (see the list below), my guess would be "syslinux 6.04" being the culprit:
- all devuan_excalibur_6.1.1 live (using syslinux 6.03) boot fine from the stick
- all devuan_excalibur_6.1.0 installer (using syslinux 6.04) fail
- obviously the Devuan team downgraded syslinux to 6.03 with Devuan 6.1.1
I really want Devuan on the machine.
I cannot start from Chimaera as that does not recognize the ethernet ports (Intel i226 2.5G).
I have a 12-day frame in which I can return the hardware with no questions asked, so I need to setup and test
thoroughly now ... are the installer ISOs to be updated to 6.1.1 (and syslinux 6.03) in the next few days?
Well, installing a minimal Trixie and then migrate that to Excalibur?
Any better ideas are welcome.
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Devuan Excalibur (devuan_excalibur_6.1.1_amd64_minimal-live.iso)
syslinux 6.03/20150819
OK
Devuan Excalibur (devuan_excalibur_6.1.1_amd64_desktop-live.iso)
syslinux 6.03/20150819
OK
gparted 1.7.0
Grub 2.14
syslinux 6.03/20171018
OK
Antix 23.3 core
Grub 2.06
syslinux 6.03
OK
MX Linux 25.1
Grub 2.12-9
syslinux 6.03
OK
Debian 13
Grub 2.12-9
syslinux 6.04/20250413
OK
*** Fails ***
Devuan Ecxalibur (devuan_excalibur_6.1.0_amd64_netinstall.iso)
syslinux 6.04/20250415
FAIL: Freeze with "syslinux uefi bootloader booting devuan" directly after Bios logo (or Bios boot menu)
Devuan Excalibur (devuan_excalibur_6.1.0_amd64_server.iso)
syslinux 6.04/20250415
FAIL: Freeze with "syslinux uefi bootloader booting devuan" directly after Bios logo (or Bios boot menu)
Devuan Daedalus (devuan_daedalus_5.0.1_amd64_netinstall.iso)
Syslinux 6.04/20200816
FAIL: Instant freeze after Bios logo (or Bios boot menu)
#6 Installation » [SOLVED] excalibur netinstall iso does not boot from USB stick » 2026-02-07 22:06:56
- grebulos
- Replies: 7
Solution: Rufus 4.12 (a windows tool to create bootable usb sticks) had problems with syslinux 6.04/20250415 and was unable to produce a stick that booted on my machine; using a linux live system to copy the iso with dd onto the stick worked.
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Hello everybody,
I have
1. downloaded the devuan_excalibur_6.1.0_amd64_netinstall.iso,
2. verified the SHA256SUM
3. Used rufus to create a bootable usb stick
4. Chose the stick in the boot menu
5. Screen shows "syslinux uefi bootloader booting devuan" and nothing else would ever happen
Same with devuan_daedalus_5.0.1_amd64_netinstall.iso.
Same if I try to boot from the stick on my HP ENVY x360 13-ay0654ng
But booting does work just fine with (put with rufus on the same stick and no changes in bios whatsoever):
- devuan_chimaera_4.0.0_amd64_netinstall.iso
- CachyOS
- gparted
All attempts were made with MBR
Only difference I could see between working / non working was the syslinux versions (that rufus downloaded for the various iso)
Changing to GPT (in rufus) makes no difference
Hardware in question is a noname firewall MiniPC
Celeron J6413 Processor
RAM 1 x DDR4L 2400MHz SO-DIMM, 8GB
Storage 2 x M.2 2280 NVMe SSD (128GB, 1TB)
GPU UHD Graphics
Display 2HD + Type-C 4K 3 Output
Ports 4 x i226-V 2.5GbE LAN, 1 x Type-C port, 1 x USB 3.2 port, 4 x USB 2.0 port, 2 x HD port, 1 x TF Card Slot
Bios is AMI
It has no option for Legacy/UEFI
Secure boot is off
TPM is off
I have looked through the posts here, seen some slightly similiar issues, but not exactly the same and no solution.
I'd be grateful if anybody has any idea what's going wrong here.
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