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#151 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Problems booting USB made from devuan_daedalus_5.0.0-rc2_amd64_* » 2023-07-08 09:35:02

Hello all,
I'm happy to report the new rc4 isos boot correctly from the USB sticks. I have tested the netinstall and server iso.
The desktop iso comes next.
I will report if issues come up again.

So for now life is beautiful and the world is a wonderful place. THANK YOU, Ralph and all concerned.
Have a good day, André

#152 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Problems booting USB made from devuan_daedalus_5.0.0-rc2_amd64_* » 2023-07-08 09:07:00

I see, the rc4 isos are already there, I will test immediately and report back.

#153 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Problems booting USB made from devuan_daedalus_5.0.0-rc2_amd64_* » 2023-07-08 06:00:41

Result:
The netinstall iso (rc3) successfully boots into the installer when burned to a CDROM and booted from.
The same iso booted from a USB stick fails.
The test was performed on the very same machine..
And yes, on the CD it's syslinux booting.

I hope the information helps...

#154 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Problems booting USB made from devuan_daedalus_5.0.0-rc2_amd64_* » 2023-07-08 05:36:24

@ralph.ronnquist,
Sorry for the delay, had a night's rest....
Here the required lspci -v on my Alma Linux installation:

[linuxadmin@coyote ~]$ lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller (rev 09)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 2035
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ivb_uncore
	Kernel modules: ie31200_edac

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation IvyBridge GT2 [HD Graphics 4000] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
	DeviceName:  CPU
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 2035
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 30
	Memory at f7800000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]
	Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	I/O ports at f000 [size=64]
	Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [virtual] [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: i915
	Kernel modules: i915

00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04) (prog-if 30 [XHCI])
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 2035
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 24
	Memory at f7e20000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd

00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 2035
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 31
	Memory at f7e3c000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: mei_me
	Kernel modules: mei_me

00:16.3 Serial controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family KT Controller (rev 04) (prog-if 02 [16550])
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 2035
	Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 19
	I/O ports at f0e0 [size=8]
	Memory at f7e3a000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: serial

00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection (Lewisville) (rev 04)
	DeviceName:  L1U1
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 2035
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 25
	Memory at f7e00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
	Memory at f7e39000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	I/O ports at f080 [size=32]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: e1000e
	Kernel modules: e1000e

00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 2035
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
	Memory at f7e38000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
	DeviceName:  AU1
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 2035
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 32
	Memory at f7e30000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: [disabled]
	Memory behind bridge: [disabled]
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: [disabled]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1c.6 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 7 (rev c4) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff [size=4K]
	Memory behind bridge: f7d00000-f7dfffff [size=1M]
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: [disabled]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 2035
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
	Memory at f7e37000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev a4) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=32
	I/O behind bridge: [disabled]
	Memory behind bridge: f7c00000-f7cfffff [size=1M]
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: [disabled]
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Q77 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 2035
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich
	Kernel modules: lpc_ich

00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 04) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 2035
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 26
	I/O ports at f0d0 [size=8]
	I/O ports at f0c0 [size=4]
	I/O ports at f0b0 [size=8]
	I/O ports at f0a0 [size=4]
	I/O ports at f060 [size=32]
	Memory at f7e36000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ahci
	Kernel modules: ahci

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 2035
	Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 18
	Memory at f7e35000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	I/O ports at f040 [size=32]
	Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
	Kernel modules: i2c_i801

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network Connection
	DeviceName:  L2U1
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 2035
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
	Memory at f7d00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
	I/O ports at e000 [size=32]
	Memory at f7d20000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: e1000e
	Kernel modules: e1000e

03:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): LSI Corporation FW322/323 [TrueFire] 1394a Controller (rev 70) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 2035
	Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 10
	Memory at f7c00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=4K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>

[linuxadmin@coyote ~]$ 

I will burn the rc3 iso to a CD and test booting it on that same machine.
I will report back. Thank you all!

#155 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Problems booting USB made from devuan_daedalus_5.0.0-rc2_amd64_* » 2023-07-07 18:38:13

Unfortunately, the problem is still present in the rc3 files.
I have tested the netinstall-iso and the server-iso.
Does it help if I try to burn CDs with these rc3 files and test again?

#156 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Problems booting USB made from devuan_daedalus_5.0.0-rc2_amd64_* » 2023-07-07 11:20:58

You are a hero Ralph, thank you!
I will test it when it appears and report back.
Have a good day.

#157 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Problems booting USB made from devuan_daedalus_5.0.0-rc2_amd64_* » 2023-07-07 07:41:11

WOW, you are pointing to a good direction....
here the required information:

The system has
- UEFI Boot enabled
- Legacy Boot enabled
- Secure Boot disabled

Booting the Devuan5 rc2 USB stick in UEFI mode: fails
Booting the Devuan5 rc2 USB stick in Legacy mode: fails

In both ways: the output shows:
= = 0 Devuan boot preamble = = =
And then fails miserably (locked completely up, dead, after messages complaining about unable to mount cdrom...)

The same test with Debian 12 goes well and boots successfully into the installer.

here is the extract from /var/log/messages in Alma Linux when inserting that Devuan 5 rc2 USB stick>:

Jul  7 09:11:34 coyote systemd[1]: systemd-hostnamed.service: Deactivated successfully.
Jul  7 09:11:34 coyote systemd[1]: systemd-localed.service: Deactivated successfully.
Jul  7 09:11:42 coyote chronyd[1016]: Selected source 83.150.25.25 (2.almalinux.pool.ntp.org)
Jul  7 09:11:43 coyote journal[1628]: Service not used for 60 seconds. Shutting down..
Jul  7 09:11:43 coyote systemd[1]: geoclue.service: Deactivated successfully.
Jul  7 09:11:45 coyote systemd[1]: realmd.service: Deactivated successfully.
Jul  7 09:12:07 coyote PackageKit[1632]: uid 1000 is trying to obtain org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-sources-refresh auth (only_trusted:0)
Jul  7 09:12:07 coyote PackageKit[1632]: uid 1000 obtained auth for org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-sources-refresh
Jul  7 09:12:08 coyote systemd[1]: Starting Fingerprint Authentication Daemon...
Jul  7 09:12:08 coyote systemd[1]: Started Fingerprint Authentication Daemon.
Jul  7 09:12:28 coyote kernel: usb 1-1.6: new high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci-pci
Jul  7 09:12:28 coyote kernel: usb 1-1.6: New USB device found, idVendor=0781, idProduct=5581, bcdDevice= 1.00
Jul  7 09:12:28 coyote kernel: usb 1-1.6: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Jul  7 09:12:28 coyote kernel: usb 1-1.6: Product: Ultra
Jul  7 09:12:28 coyote kernel: usb 1-1.6: Manufacturer: SanDisk
Jul  7 09:12:28 coyote kernel: usb 1-1.6: SerialNumber: 4C530001270914118551
Jul  7 09:12:28 coyote kernel: usb-storage 1-1.6:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
Jul  7 09:12:28 coyote kernel: scsi host7: usb-storage 1-1.6:1.0
Jul  7 09:12:28 coyote mtp-probe[2898]: checking bus 1, device 5: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.6"
Jul  7 09:12:28 coyote mtp-probe[2898]: bus: 1, device: 5 was not an MTP device
Jul  7 09:12:28 coyote mtp-probe[2899]: checking bus 1, device 5: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.6"
Jul  7 09:12:28 coyote mtp-probe[2899]: bus: 1, device: 5 was not an MTP device
Jul  7 09:12:29 coyote kernel: scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access     SanDisk  Ultra            1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
Jul  7 09:12:29 coyote kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg6 type 0
Jul  7 09:12:29 coyote kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sdf] 30464000 512-byte logical blocks: (15.6 GB/14.5 GiB)
Jul  7 09:12:29 coyote kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sdf] Write Protect is off
Jul  7 09:12:29 coyote kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sdf] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
Jul  7 09:12:29 coyote kernel: sdf: sdf1 sdf2
Jul  7 09:12:29 coyote kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sdf] Attached SCSI removable disk
Jul  7 09:12:30 coyote journal[952]: Mounted /dev/sdf1 at /run/media/linuxadmin/DEVUAN5 on behalf of uid 1000
Jul  7 09:12:36 coyote systemd[1]: virtqemud.service: Deactivated successfully.
Jul  7 09:12:39 coyote systemd[1]: fprintd.service: Deactivated successfully.
Jul  7 09:13:05 coyote systemd[1985]: Starting Mark boot as successful...
Jul  7 09:13:05 coyote systemd[1985]: Finished Mark boot as successful.
Jul  7 09:13:51 coyote chronyd[1016]: Selected source 195.186.1.100 (2.almalinux.pool.ntp.org)
Jul  7 09:14:30 coyote systemd-logind[950]: New session 4 of user linuxadmin.
Jul  7 09:14:30 coyote systemd[1]: Started Session 4 of User linuxadmin.
Jul  7 09:14:30 coyote systemd[1]: Starting Hostname Service...
Jul  7 09:14:30 coyote systemd[1]: Started Hostname Service.
Jul  7 09:15:00 coyote systemd[1]: systemd-hostnamed.service: Deactivated successfully.
(END)

And here the output of lsmod after plugging the stick in:

[linuxadmin@coyote ~]$ lsmod > modules.text
[linuxadmin@coyote ~]$ cat modules.text 
Module                  Size  Used by
nls_utf8               16384  1
isofs                  49152  1
uinput                 20480  0
snd_seq_dummy          16384  0
snd_hrtimer            16384  1
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
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  21
nft_chain_nat          16384  3
nf_nat                 57344  1 nft_chain_nat
nf_conntrack          176128  2 nf_nat,nft_ct
nf_defrag_ipv6         24576  1 nf_conntrack
nf_defrag_ipv4         16384  1 nf_conntrack
bridge                315392  0
stp                    16384  1 bridge
llc                    16384  2 bridge,stp
ip_set                 61440  0
rfkill                 36864  3
nf_tables             270336  276 nft_ct,nft_reject_inet,nft_fib_ipv6,nft_fib_ipv4,nft_chain_nat,nft_reject,nft_fib,nft_fib_inet
nfnetlink              20480  3 nf_tables,ip_set
qrtr                   49152  4
sunrpc                667648  1
vfat                   20480  1
fat                    86016  1 vfat
intel_rapl_msr         20480  0
intel_rapl_common      28672  1 intel_rapl_msr
x86_pkg_temp_thermal    20480  0
intel_powerclamp       20480  0
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     81920  1
coretemp               20480  0
snd_hda_codec_realtek   167936  1
snd_hda_codec_generic    98304  1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
ledtrig_audio          16384  1 snd_hda_codec_generic
snd_hda_intel          57344  2
kvm_intel             385024  0
snd_intel_dspcfg       32768  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_intel_sdw_acpi     20480  1 snd_intel_dspcfg
kvm                  1105920  1 kvm_intel
snd_hda_codec         176128  4 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_core          110592  5 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hwdep              16384  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_seq                94208  7 snd_seq_dummy
snd_seq_device         16384  1 snd_seq
irqbypass              16384  1 kvm
iTCO_wdt               16384  0
rapl                   24576  0
iTCO_vendor_support    16384  1 iTCO_wdt
snd_pcm               151552  4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_core
mei_wdt                16384  0
snd_timer              49152  3 snd_seq,snd_hrtimer,snd_pcm
snd                   118784  16 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_timer,snd_pcm
mei_me                 49152  1
intel_cstate           24576  0
mei                   155648  3 mei_wdt,mei_me
i2c_i801               32768  0
soundcore              16384  1 snd
intel_uncore          225280  0
lpc_ich                28672  0
pcspkr                 16384  0
i2c_smbus              20480  1 i2c_i801
xfs                  2002944  3
libcrc32c              16384  4 nf_conntrack,nf_nat,nf_tables,xfs
sr_mod                 28672  0
cdrom                  81920  2 isofs,sr_mod
sd_mod                 65536  6
t10_pi                 16384  1 sd_mod
sg                     40960  0
i915                 3321856  4
i2c_algo_bit           16384  1 i915
intel_gtt              24576  1 i915
drm_buddy              20480  1 i915
drm_dp_helper         159744  1 i915
drm_kms_helper        200704  2 drm_dp_helper,i915
syscopyarea            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
sysfillrect            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
sysimgblt              16384  1 drm_kms_helper
fb_sys_fops            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
cec                    53248  2 drm_dp_helper,i915
ttm                    86016  1 i915
ahci                   49152  3
libahci                49152  1 ahci
crct10dif_pclmul       16384  1
crc32_pclmul           16384  0
drm                   622592  7 drm_dp_helper,drm_kms_helper,drm_buddy,i915,ttm
libata                389120  2 libahci,ahci
crc32c_intel           24576  1
e1000e                323584  0
ghash_clmulni_intel    16384  0
video                  57344  1 i915
uas                    32768  0
usb_storage            81920  2 uas
dm_mirror              28672  0
dm_region_hash         24576  1 dm_mirror
dm_log                 20480  2 dm_region_hash,dm_mirror
dm_mod                184320  12 dm_log,dm_mirror
fuse                  176128  3
[linuxadmin@coyote ~]$

It shows that the module "usb_storage            81920  2 uas" is present.
I hope that helps.... I'm ready to give more information if required. Thank you so much!
André

#158 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Problems booting USB made from devuan_daedalus_5.0.0-rc2_amd64_* » 2023-07-06 14:10:47

@Ralph: No problem,

I did a normal boot into the installed system to get the information:

Alma Linux 9.1

[linuxadmin@coyote ~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release 
AlmaLinux release 9.1 (Lime Lynx)
[linuxadmin@coyote ~]$

[linuxadmin@coyote ~]$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 931.51 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
Disk model: WDC WD1000DHTZ-0
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 241CA6FA-A72E-437A-81A7-FDDE97E615BF

Device       Start        End    Sectors   Size Type
/dev/sda1     2048    1230847    1228800   600M EFI System
/dev/sda2  1230848    3327999    2097152     1G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda3  3328000 1953523711 1950195712 929.9G Linux LVM

Disk /dev/mapper/almalinux-root: 70 GiB, 75161927680 bytes, 146800640 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes

Disk /dev/mapper/almalinux-swap: 7.78 GiB, 8355053568 bytes, 16318464 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes

Disk /dev/mapper/almalinux-home: 852.14 GiB, 914979028992 bytes, 1787068416 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
[linuxadmin@coyote ~]$ 

Question: do you need the complete dmidecode output?
Here the essential information first:

[linuxadmin@coyote ~]$ sudo dmidecode -t bios
# dmidecode 3.3
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 2.7 present.

Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
BIOS Information
	Vendor: Intel Corp.
	Version: MKQ7710H.86A.8064.2013.1120.1214
	Release Date: 11/20/2013
	Address: 0xF0000
	Runtime Size: 64 kB
	ROM Size: 12 MB
	Characteristics:
		PCI is supported
		BIOS is upgradeable
		BIOS shadowing is allowed
		Boot from CD is supported
		Selectable boot is supported
		EDD is supported
		5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
		3.5"/720 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
		3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
		Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
		8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
		Serial services are supported (int 14h)
		Printer services are supported (int 17h)
		ACPI is supported
		USB legacy is supported
		BIOS boot specification is supported
		Targeted content distribution is supported
		UEFI is supported
	BIOS Revision: 4.6

Handle 0x005E, DMI type 13, 22 bytes
BIOS Language Information
	Language Description Format: Long
	Installable Languages: 1
		en|US|iso8859-1
	Currently Installed Language: en|US|iso8859-1

[linuxadmin@coyote ~]$ sudo dmidecode -t system
# dmidecode 3.3
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 2.7 present.

Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
	Manufacturer: Netree AG
	Product Name: netPC
	Version:                                  
	Serial Number:                                  
	UUID: d5d9e0e1-8e94-e211-8fc5-2c27d725b21d
	Wake-up Type: Power Switch
	SKU Number: To be filled by O.E.M.
	Family: To be filled by O.E.M.

Handle 0x0021, DMI type 12, 5 bytes
System Configuration Options
	Option 1: To Be Filled By O.E.M.

Handle 0x0022, DMI type 32, 20 bytes
System Boot Information
	Status: No errors detected

[linuxadmin@coyote ~]$ sudo dmidecode -t baseboard
# dmidecode 3.3
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 2.7 present.

Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 15 bytes
Base Board Information
	Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
	Product Name: DQ77MK
	Version: AAG39642-500
	Serial Number: BTMK312008X0
	Asset Tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
	Features:
		Board is a hosting board
		Board is replaceable
	Location In Chassis: To be filled by O.E.M.
	Chassis Handle: 0x0003
	Type: Motherboard
	Contained Object Handles: 0

Handle 0x001F, DMI type 10, 12 bytes
On Board Device 1 Information
	Type: Video
	Status: Enabled
	Description: Intel(R) HD Graphics Device
On Board Device 2 Information
	Type: Ethernet
	Status: Enabled
	Description: Intel(R) 82579LM Gigabit Ethernet Device
On Board Device 3 Information
	Type: Sound
	Status: Enabled
	Description: Intel(R) High Definition Audio Device
On Board Device 4 Information
	Type: Ethernet
	Status: Enabled
	Description: Intel(R) 82574L Gigabit Ethernet Device

Handle 0x0038, DMI type 41, 11 bytes
Onboard Device
	Reference Designation:  CPU
	Type: Video
	Status: Enabled
	Type Instance: 1
	Bus Address: 0000:00:02.0

Handle 0x0039, DMI type 41, 11 bytes
Onboard Device
	Reference Designation:  L1U1
	Type: Ethernet
	Status: Enabled
	Type Instance: 2
	Bus Address: 0000:00:19.0

Handle 0x003A, DMI type 41, 11 bytes
Onboard Device
	Reference Designation:  AU1
	Type: Sound
	Status: Enabled
	Type Instance: 1
	Bus Address: 0000:00:1b.0

Handle 0x003B, DMI type 41, 11 bytes
Onboard Device
	Reference Designation:  L2U1
	Type: Ethernet
	Status: Enabled
	Type Instance: 1
	Bus Address: 0000:02:00.0

[linuxadmin@coyote ~]$ sudo dmidecode -t chassis
# dmidecode 3.3
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 2.7 present.

Handle 0x0003, DMI type 3, 22 bytes
Chassis Information
	Manufacturer:                                  
	Type: Desktop
	Lock: Not Present
	Version:                                  
	Serial Number:                                  
	Asset Tag:                                  
	Boot-up State: Safe
	Power Supply State: Safe
	Thermal State: Safe
	Security Status: None
	OEM Information: 0x00000000
	Height: Unspecified
	Number Of Power Cords: 1
	Contained Elements: 0
	SKU Number: To be filled by O.E.M.

[linuxadmin@coyote ~]$ sudo dmidecode -t processor
# dmidecode 3.3
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 2.7 present.

Handle 0x0040, DMI type 4, 42 bytes
Processor Information
	Socket Designation: CPU 1
	Type: Central Processor
	Family: Core i7
	Manufacturer: Intel(R) Corporation
	ID: A9 06 03 00 FF FB EB BF
	Signature: Type 0, Family 6, Model 58, Stepping 9
	Flags:
		FPU (Floating-point unit on-chip)
		VME (Virtual mode extension)
		DE (Debugging extension)
		PSE (Page size extension)
		TSC (Time stamp counter)
		MSR (Model specific registers)
		PAE (Physical address extension)
		MCE (Machine check exception)
		CX8 (CMPXCHG8 instruction supported)
		APIC (On-chip APIC hardware supported)
		SEP (Fast system call)
		MTRR (Memory type range registers)
		PGE (Page global enable)
		MCA (Machine check architecture)
		CMOV (Conditional move instruction supported)
		PAT (Page attribute table)
		PSE-36 (36-bit page size extension)
		CLFSH (CLFLUSH instruction supported)
		DS (Debug store)
		ACPI (ACPI supported)
		MMX (MMX technology supported)
		FXSR (FXSAVE and FXSTOR instructions supported)
		SSE (Streaming SIMD extensions)
		SSE2 (Streaming SIMD extensions 2)
		SS (Self-snoop)
		HTT (Multi-threading)
		TM (Thermal monitor supported)
		PBE (Pending break enabled)
	Version: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz
	Voltage: 11.1 V
	External Clock: 100 MHz
	Max Speed: 3800 MHz
	Current Speed: 3400 MHz
	Status: Populated, Enabled
	Upgrade: Socket BGA1155
	L1 Cache Handle: 0x003D
	L2 Cache Handle: 0x003C
	L3 Cache Handle: 0x003E
	Serial Number: Not Specified
	Asset Tag: Fill By OEM
	Part Number: Fill By OEM
	Core Count: 4
	Core Enabled: 4
	Thread Count: 8
	Characteristics:
		64-bit capable

[linuxadmin@coyote ~]$ sudo dmidecode -t memory
# dmidecode 3.3
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 2.7 present.

Handle 0x003F, DMI type 16, 23 bytes
Physical Memory Array
	Location: System Board Or Motherboard
	Use: System Memory
	Error Correction Type: None
	Maximum Capacity: 32 GB
	Error Information Handle: Not Provided
	Number Of Devices: 4

Handle 0x0041, DMI type 17, 34 bytes
Memory Device
	Array Handle: 0x003F
	Error Information Handle: Not Provided
	Total Width: Unknown
	Data Width: Unknown
	Size: No Module Installed
	Form Factor: DIMM
	Set: None
	Locator: DIMM3
	Bank Locator: CHANNEL A SLOT0
	Type: Unknown
	Type Detail: None

Handle 0x0042, DMI type 17, 34 bytes
Memory Device
	Array Handle: 0x003F
	Error Information Handle: Not Provided
	Total Width: 64 bits
	Data Width: 64 bits
	Size: 8 GB
	Form Factor: DIMM
	Set: None
	Locator: DIMM1
	Bank Locator: CHANNEL A SLOT1
	Type: DDR3
	Type Detail: Synchronous
	Speed: 1333 MT/s
	Manufacturer: Kingston
	Serial Number: 1518CBE5
	Asset Tag: 9876543210
	Part Number: 99U5458-036.A00LF 
	Rank: 2
	Configured Memory Speed: 1333 MT/s

Handle 0x0044, DMI type 17, 34 bytes
Memory Device
	Array Handle: 0x003F
	Error Information Handle: Not Provided
	Total Width: Unknown
	Data Width: Unknown
	Size: No Module Installed
	Form Factor: DIMM
	Set: None
	Locator: DIMM4
	Bank Locator: CHANNEL B SLOT0
	Type: Unknown
	Type Detail: None

Handle 0x0045, DMI type 17, 34 bytes
Memory Device
	Array Handle: 0x003F
	Error Information Handle: Not Provided
	Total Width: 64 bits
	Data Width: 64 bits
	Size: 8 GB
	Form Factor: DIMM
	Set: None
	Locator: DIMM2
	Bank Locator: CHANNEL B SLOT1
	Type: DDR3
	Type Detail: Synchronous
	Speed: 1333 MT/s
	Manufacturer: Kingston
	Serial Number: 1B18C3E5
	Asset Tag: 9876543210
	Part Number: 99U5458-036.A00LF 
	Rank: 2
	Configured Memory Speed: 1333 MT/s

[linuxadmin@coyote ~]$ sudo dmidecode -t cache
# dmidecode 3.3
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 2.7 present.

Handle 0x003C, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
	Socket Designation: CPU Internal L2
	Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 2
	Operational Mode: Write Through
	Location: Internal
	Installed Size: 1 MB
	Maximum Size: 1 MB
	Supported SRAM Types:
		Unknown
	Installed SRAM Type: Unknown
	Speed: Unknown
	Error Correction Type: Multi-bit ECC
	System Type: Unified
	Associativity: 8-way Set-associative

Handle 0x003D, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
	Socket Designation: CPU Internal L1
	Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 1
	Operational Mode: Write Through
	Location: Internal
	Installed Size: 256 kB
	Maximum Size: 256 kB
	Supported SRAM Types:
		Unknown
	Installed SRAM Type: Unknown
	Speed: Unknown
	Error Correction Type: Parity
	System Type: Data
	Associativity: 8-way Set-associative

Handle 0x003E, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
	Socket Designation: CPU Internal L3
	Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 3
	Operational Mode: Write Back
	Location: Internal
	Installed Size: 8 MB
	Maximum Size: 8 MB
	Supported SRAM Types:
		Unknown
	Installed SRAM Type: Unknown
	Speed: Unknown
	Error Correction Type: Multi-bit ECC
	System Type: Unified
	Associativity: 16-way Set-associative

Please note that the install boot process fails before any disk-access. It boots from the USB stick. Boot from hard disk is no problem.
Just tell me if you need more... Glad to know you at my side. Thanks.

#159 Re: Other Issues » [SOLVED] is cron daemon crond is running when there is no cronjob set ? » 2023-07-06 10:51:13

my 2 cents to it:

andre@kyoto:~$ ps -aef | grep cron
root      2403     1  0 09:45 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/cron
andre    11016 10606  0 12:45 pts/0    00:00:00 grep --color=auto cron
andre@kyoto:~$ 

The daemon is called cron:

andre@kyoto:~$ ls -l /etc/init.d/cron*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3059 Oct 11  2019 /etc/init.d/cron
andre@kyoto:~$

Devuan 4, Chimaera, up-to-date.

#160 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Problems booting USB made from devuan_daedalus_5.0.0-rc2_amd64_* » 2023-07-06 10:42:28

Yes, right, these were the isos tested:
https://files.devuan.org/devuan_daedalu … nstall.iso
https://files.devuan.org/devuan_daedalu … server.iso
https://files.devuan.org/devuan_daedalu … esktop.iso

Procedure:
1. Downloaded the files
2. Verified the checksums (sha256sum)
3. copied the files onto different USB sticks
   (sudo dd if=devuan_daedalus_5.0.0-rc2_amd64_server.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4M status=progress && sync)
4. Reset BIOS or EFI settings to default, disabled "secure-boot"
5. Inserted USB stick and tried to boot from it.

Important: After the attempt (as seen on screenshot) the computer, keyboard, everything was dead as in "dead". Had to power-cycle the computer to start again.

I tried on different machines. One of them (EFI-type machine) finally booted from the stick, the others did not (EFI and BIOS-types), they just locked up.

I have to say that an earlier daedalus-iso (early 2023)booted successfully on all machines.
If you need more info, please tell me and I will try to assist.
I'm really glad if you could bug-report it - I have rarely done so before... Thanks in advance!

#161 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Problems booting USB made from devuan_daedalus_5.0.0-rc2_amd64_* » 2023-07-06 08:17:08

Ah, and of course, the machine is completely dead after this error message... Have to power it down.

#162 Installation » [SOLVED] Problems booting USB made from devuan_daedalus_5.0.0-rc2_amd64_* » 2023-07-06 08:15:31

Andre4freedom
Replies: 29

I'm sorry to report problems with the latest iso image files of daedalus rc2. (devuan_daedalus_5.0.0-rc2_amd64_netinstall.iso)
I have tested all rc2 isos, they all behave the same.
The problem occurs on some pure UEFI machines (GPT disk geometry) as well as on older machines (BIOS & MBR-geometry)
On some machines, the system would eventually boot into the installation, not at all on others.

I did try to boot the Debian 12 netinstall ISO and this one works perfectly well, as most other distro-isos do.

I'm not good enough to debug that, therefor I just report back to the community.

I hope this link to the screenshot works...
https://i.postimg.cc/4xjmyJRN/Screensho … -53-27.png

Have a great day - Andre

#163 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Can't figure out how to play DVDs » 2023-05-22 16:59:38

Excellent comment, alexkemp.
To play DVDs, vlc and libdvdcss2 did the trick for quite some time already, in most Linux distros.

Bluray is a completely different story! Thank you for your hints!

#164 Re: Intergalactic Communities » Interest probing: Devuan Conference » 2023-05-16 08:37:03

Could be nice, a good idea. Certainly if it's somewhere in Central Europe I'd be interested. Depending on the type of conference as well (speeches, workshops, exchange of experiences, future developments and directions where Devuan goes...). Lovely.
I'm committed to Devuan.

#165 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » XFCE4 config on devuan - differences to debian » 2023-04-04 16:39:55

webman, I'm not aware of what version of Devuan you use.....
but, by default the selection of xfce4 desktop environment installs slim as display-manager.
Just install lightdm instead --- and you will be able to switch users.
(Use sysnaptic or apt install lightdm to install and answer the questions sensibly)
Good luck

#166 Re: Other Issues » [SOLVED] Udev Question » 2023-03-16 14:03:03

Easy:
Is it running?
-->
someuser@mybox:~$ /etc/init.d/eudev status
or
-->
someuser@mybox:~$ ps -aef | grep udev

restart it:
-->
someuser@mybox:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/eudev restart

Check status (openrc):
-->
someuser@mybox:~$ rc-status -a | grep eudev

eudev is a replacement for udev.
Udev depends on and is integrated with systemd; we all don't want that..... agree?

#167 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » [SOLVED] Fixing broken Brother DCP-L3510CDW Printer Installation (howto) » 2023-02-23 15:48:00

To alexkemp and owners of Brother multi-function printers

I followed your story about your nightmarish printer driver and configuration problems.
I used to have HP printers (MFPs) and they worked extremely well with Linux. HPLIP and CUPS do it all best. Now the printer is failing and I have to replace it. Most new HP printers do things via the cloud only, which is rubbish I will avoid.
So my interest turned to the Brother brand.

Your report made me skeptical and I did some research on the Internet and did some tests.

1. A Brother DCP-L2550DW (black-and-white laser) worked out of the box with no configuration and software installation.
My PC had all CUPS packaged installed already, and the System-Config-Printer program showed right there that new printer. All tests and scanning went fine. This was at a friends site, they use Apple PCs only.

2. A test with an older Brother DCP-L9055 was a complete disaster. Nothing at all worked. That was another neighbour's site, they use Windows sad and also Apple laptops. (That printer was most probably mis-configured, so it works only with Windows)

3. I bought myself a Brother MFC-J5340DW, installed it in my network following the Quick-Setup-Guide, went to my workstation PC and that thing worked without any configuration or software installation. Out-of-the-box - Big success. Every test was successful.

If you show me how, I can post the CUPS test-printout - it shows some CUPS-specifics.

A quick check revealed that all CUPS packages are installed. It looks like the CUPS and the CUPS-browsed play an important role.
My PCs are all installed with Devuan Chimaera.

Now, my idea is this:

1. remove all downloaded Brother .deb packages. Not even special .ppd files are required. Only the amd64 architecture is required in my case, so no i386 or i586 packages here. Also delete all configured printers in your "System-Administration-Print Settings" program.
You need the CUPS packages.
2. Reset your Brother DCP-L3510DW printer to factory-defaults and set it up as shown in the Quick-Config-Guide.
3. Then go (as user) to "System-Administration-Print Settings" menu and see if you see your brother printer is already there and test it.

When you Devuan system is installed in a standard way (Chimaera), it should work.
I hope in your LAN there is no filtering inside your network. All protocols shall pass within the LAN.

Please let us know if that helps.
My very best greetings and good luck. Andre

#169 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] DEVELOPERS: don't hardcode GPT on installation » 2023-01-14 09:30:53

Again, one can take the harm out of UEFI/EFI Firmware/BIOS:
DISABLE "SECURE BOOT".
That frees you from the dependency of MS-signed keys for OS or software... And saves you from a lot of configuration trouble.

#170 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Server lost changes and partially reverted » 2023-01-12 19:43:26

This will create a RAID volume and will synchronize it.
Usually the partitioner within the installer will do that for you.
You can monitor it by cat /proc/mdstat

What I do with my EFI partition is just to copy over the contents. The EFI devices are not in a RAID.

#171 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Server lost changes and partially reverted » 2023-01-12 17:38:20

Devuan Daedalus Installation using RAID-1 Disks and UEFI/GPT mode
*****************************************************************

After all, I tried to install Devaun Daedalus to a single disk in pure UEFI/GPT mode (but secure boot disabled).
Installation went well, but finally the computer wouldn't boot. Again. Misery.

To deal with that problem, I had to reset the computer including all BIOS settings to factory defaults and to completely wipe all residual configuration from the disks.
Then a new trial to install an Enterprise Linux (Alma Linux 9.1) in UEFI mode.
That went well too, AND the computer would re-boot after all.

Now, using the Devuan USB-boot stick I configured the disks as visible below.

The disks:
----------
Disk /dev/sda: 931.51 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
Disk model: WDC WD1000DHTZ-0
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 081780F2-D244-5C4E-9623-C4200969845D

Device       Start       End   Sectors   Size Type
/dev/sda1     2048   1050623   1048576   512M EFI System
/dev/sda2  1050624   3147775   2097152     1G Linux RAID
/dev/sda3  3147776 976773120 973625345 464.3G Linux RAID

Disk /dev/sdb: 465.76 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors
Disk model: SAMSUNG HD502HJ
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: FD95D43D-6719-4C2A-B389-299985C86967

Device       Start       End   Sectors   Size Type
/dev/sdb1     2048   1050623   1048576   512M EFI System
/dev/sdb2  1050624   3147775   2097152     1G Linux RAID
/dev/sdb3  3147776 976773119 973625344 464.3G Linux RAID

The RAID status:
----------------
linuxadmin@daedalus:~$ cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [raid1] [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid10]
md1 : active raid1 sdb3[0] sda3[1]
      486680576 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU]
      [==============>......]  resync = 71.4% (347912704/486680576) finish=22.8min speed=101256K/sec
      bitmap: 2/4 pages [8KB], 65536KB chunk

md0 : active raid1 sdb2[0] sda2[1]
      1046528 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU]
     
unused devices: <none>

The block devices:
------------------
linuxadmin@daedalus:~$ lsblk -f
NAME             FSTYPE            FSVER    LABEL      UUID                                   FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
sda                                                                                                         
├─sda1           vfat              FAT32               530D-FFCA                                             
├─sda2           linux_raid_member 1.2      daedalus:0 ddc7f83e-413b-367b-5753-38ec7a4f55b3                 
│ └─md0          ext3              1.0      BOOT       c4b6ab5f-f5a6-483a-a2c2-0ef546daab37    884.2M     5% /boot
└─sda3           linux_raid_member 1.2      daedalus:1 1d92ad6e-ac89-97e5-541a-96410abb2c9c                 
  └─md1          LVM2_member       LVM2 001            FLJkFO-IZCD-kWiE-2IUI-pS59-4xMm-RcPd1K               
    ├─vg0-lvroot                                                                                30.8G    10% /
    ├─vg0-lvhome                                                                                43.2G     0% /home
    ├─vg0-lvswap                                                                                             [SWAP]
    └─vg0-lvsrv                                                                                339.9G     0% /srv
sdb                                                                                                         
├─sdb1           vfat              FAT32               0D98-84C3                               498.2M     2% /boot/efi
├─sdb2           linux_raid_member 1.2      daedalus:0 ddc7f83e-413b-367b-5753-38ec7a4f55b3                 
│ └─md0          ext3              1.0      BOOT       c4b6ab5f-f5a6-483a-a2c2-0ef546daab37    884.2M     5% /boot
└─sdb3           linux_raid_member 1.2      daedalus:1 1d92ad6e-ac89-97e5-541a-96410abb2c9c                 
  └─md1          LVM2_member       LVM2 001            FLJkFO-IZCD-kWiE-2IUI-pS59-4xMm-RcPd1K               
    ├─vg0-lvroot                                                                                30.8G    10% /
    ├─vg0-lvhome                                                                                43.2G     0% /home
    ├─vg0-lvswap                                                                                             [SWAP]
    └─vg0-lvsrv                                                                                339.9G     0% /srv
sdc                                                                                                         
sdd                                                                                                         
sde                                                                                                         
sdf                                                                                                         
sr0                     

The active mounted filesystems:
-------------------------------
linuxadmin@daedalus:~$ df -h
udev                    7.8G     0  7.8G   0% /dev
tmpfs                   1.6G  1.2M  1.6G   1% /run
/dev/mapper/vg0-lvroot   37G  3.8G   31G  11% /
tmpfs                   5.0M  8.0K  5.0M   1% /run/lock
tmpfs                   3.1G     0  3.1G   0% /dev/shm
/dev/md0                989M   54M  885M   6% /boot
/dev/sdb1               511M   13M  499M   3% /boot/efi
/dev/mapper/vg0-lvhome   46G  1.7M   44G   1% /home
/dev/mapper/vg0-lvsrv   359G   28K  340G   1% /srv
cgroup_root              10M     0   10M   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs                   1.6G   16K  1.6G   1% /run/user/1000
tmpfs                   1.6G  4.0K  1.6G   1% /run/user/109

linuxadmin@daedalus:~$
           
The LVM2 configuration:
-----------------------
linuxadmin@daedalus:~$ sudo pvscan
[sudo] password for linuxadmin:
  PV /dev/md1   VG vg0             lvm2 [464.13 GiB / 0    free]
  Total: 1 [464.13 GiB] / in use: 1 [464.13 GiB] / in no VG: 0 [0   ]
 
linuxadmin@daedalus:~$ sudo vgscan
  Found volume group "vg0" using metadata type lvm2
 
linuxadmin@daedalus:~$ sudo lvscan
  ACTIVE            '/dev/vg0/lvroot' [37.25 GiB] inherit
  ACTIVE            '/dev/vg0/lvhome' [46.56 GiB] inherit
  ACTIVE            '/dev/vg0/lvswap' [15.36 GiB] inherit
  ACTIVE            '/dev/vg0/lvsrv' [<364.96 GiB] inherit

The installation of Devuan Daedalus went quite well, then. Finally it was able to reboot.
The only thing that needs to be done yet is to clone the EFI partition to the second disk.
In my case:
             dd if=/dev/sdb1 of=/dev/sda1 bs=1M
             
I will do that once the RAID1 md1 is synced.

As you can see, doing all that for UEFI's sake gives a lot of pain, but it's doable.
I hope you can deal with this information and adapt your installation.
If not, loving UEFI-volunteers are welcome to help you.

dcolburn: keep in mind to never access the RAID components or LVM2 elements directly.
The devices to mount, of fsck, or whatever are:
/dev/md0                989M   54M  885M   6% /boot
/dev/mapper/vg0-lvroot   37G  3.8G   31G  11% /
/dev/mapper/vg0-lvhome   46G  1.7M   44G   1% /home
/dev/mapper/vg0-lvsrv   359G   28K  340G   1% /srv

/dev/sdb1 and /dev/sda1 are the EFI partitions, Never touch them for other reasons that to do a grub-install on each of them.

Greetings, Andre

#172 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Server lost changes and partially reverted » 2023-01-11 20:55:59

Okay, with this machine you best stick with UEFI mode and GPT partitioning scheme.
But be aware that the RAID1 setup is different. I have pointed to an article that shows right that:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1299978/install-ubuntu-20-04-desktop-with-raid-1-and-lvm-on-machine-with-uefi-bios

Unfortunately I can't help at this point right now, since I have to invest considerably more time to work it out under UEFI/GPT conditions.
I'm sure someone in our Devuan community has the deeper knowledge. I always had the problem with the grub-install in UEFI mode in RAID setups. The boot afterwards just hangs with the message "BOOT"

#173 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Server lost changes and partially reverted » 2023-01-11 18:52:34

You are right, rolfie. But have you tried that with RAID1 installations???
The little boot partition plus LVM2 on the second partition overcomes all these "limitations". It's still quite usual on enterprise-server hardware.

#174 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Server lost changes and partially reverted » 2023-01-11 18:49:21

Oh, BTW: when checking with fdisk -l /dev/sda (or /dev/sdb), make sure your partitioning in the installer has been committed to disk! Everything you do in the installer becomes active after committing the part you do. Until then it's in memory only. ;-)

#175 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Server lost changes and partially reverted » 2023-01-11 18:45:39

I don't know your hardware or motherboard.
My test machine can do both, old-style BIOS mode and UEFI mode. (My experiences with software RAID1 System-installations in UEFI-mode are quite bad)
However, I suggest that you stick to one scheme:
Either
-BIOS/MBR mode mainboard
-MBR / DOS disk labels
-Boot the stick with the USB NON_UEFI selection.
Or
-EFI/UEFI mainboard
-GPT disk labels
-Boot stick with the USB UEFI selection.

When booting, EFI mainboard firmware offers you the UEFI-USB-Boot option to load the USB stick. In that mode you do a EFI-mode Devuan install and the installer proposes GPT disk formatting. On MBR/BIOS hardware this would be in MBR mode with DOS labels on the disk. I wouldn't force to mix the modes, even though possible. I'm no specialist in UEFI tricks, but HoaS seems to know a lot more on that topic.
You may be able to mix up these elements, but the result could be "interesting".

In MBR mode you can go as instructed in my post. In EFI mode you must have 1 active, bootable EFI partition. you can set aside a second such partition on your second disk. After successful installation you can then dd the active EFI partition to the inactive second one. Maybe it works?

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