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Finally!! As it turns out, that black screen must have been gui that couldnt start due to amd non firware missing.
I changed to a virtual console and login!
I did a couple more tries ,i double checked bios that nvme ssd is first in boot order ,and again happened the same.
Beowulf + LXqt will install successfully in nvme but after reboot will stop to a grub prompt with no error .
I managed to boot the kernel with:
grub> set root=(hd3,gpt2)
grub> set prefix=(hd3,gpt2)/boot/grub
grub> insmod normal
grub> normal
but the kernel booting suddenly stops in a blank screen with a curson on top left where i can see letters i press.
The same procedure as above will work if i try Beowulf + XFCE .
Also there is no problem so ever if try a sata ssd.
I installed Beowulf+LXqt in an ssd storage and it booted with no problem. So it seems the nvme is the problem.
I will be patient. Also i want to add that the error message error no such device xxxxxxxxx..... (that is the UUID of the partition that was holding my previous debian system ) was appearing also just after grub menu when i was booting with debian. But i didnt dwell over it because my system was booting ok. Also that debian systen was my fiirst try to install in a nvme storage.
So i suspect that that nvme storage of mine maybe is related here.
I tried again from the start to install devuan with no GUI and choosing YES to ''Force grub into EFI removable media path'' but
still the installaltion was a success but after reboot i am into grub again.
Ok, i managed to boot folllowing different instructions in grub2.
grub> set root=(hd3,gpt2)
grub> insmod linux
grub> insmod normal
grub> normal
After booting into (just after grub menu goes away i see:
error no such device 1fe9bf88-..... (that id is from my new devuan partition)
but after some seconds it goes away.
in my text only Beowulf system i give:
# update-grub
and
# apt-get install firmware-amd-graphics
Now i booted in XFCE , i dont have connectivity!! (i had in text mode previously!)
I managed to boot linux from grub
grub> ls
(hd3,gpt2) ... // i have installed in my PC a sdd, a hdd and a nvme sdd (where i installed devuan)
grub> set root=(hd3,gpt2)
grub> linux /boot/vmlinuz-... root=/dev/sdd2
grub> initrd /boot/initrd.img-...
grub> boot
Grub2 seems to yield control to a kernel that starts booting but it stops for not
beiing able to find sdd2 (maybe its wrong the part 'root=/dev/sdd2
Installation medium: Beowulf netinstall.
Computer: Physical PC
All installations are NOT expert mode.
All installations succeed. The issues appear after i reboot.
In the 'Install Grub' step i selected NO to 'Force grub into EFI removable media path'
First i tried to install Devuan+LXqt but after reboot it throughs me to a black screen (no prompt symbol) where i can type .
Then i tried to iinstall with no GUI but instead of login promt i see the grub prompt symbol.
Finally i tried with XFCE but still i see the grub prompt.
# pstree
runit─┬─apache2───2*[apache2───26*[{apache2}]]
├─avahi-daemon───avahi-daemon
├─cron
├─cups-browsed───2*[{cups-browsed}]
├─cupsd
├─dbus-daemon
├─dhclient
├─elogind-daemon
├─rsyslogd───3*[{rsyslogd}]
├─runsvdir─┬─5*[runsv───fgetty]
│ └─runsv───bash
├─saned───saned
├─sshd───sshd───bash───pstree
└─udevd
So only fgetty is supervised by runsv processes.
Trying to found how runit starts the other processes.
So i am pondering if runit cant handle a process , and it uses sysvinit script to start it , that means that this process hasnt a supervisor and if it fails it wont start automatically ?
Installation medium: Beowulf netinstall
Host: a headless vps somewhere north europe !
I installed runit .
But only gettys run under runsv . Does that mean that apache , rsyslogd , sshd , dhclient as services do not have a runit ''interface''?
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I found a page with runit runscripts scripts. Should i use those?
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Ok, they helped me at #devuan irc.
If i got it, runit defaults in sysvinit when it wont find runit scripts.
hetzner removed the devuan iso option.
Do i have to follow those instructionshttp://smarden.org/runit/replaceinit.html or installation script will cover that?