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Bobby

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Registered: 2026-07-28

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Installation Problem after selecting Language and Country

Hi, new to this forum.

I tried to install Devuan, but I've been stuck on this blue screen with a white bar at the bottom with a small black rectangle at the left. I entered my language and country (maybe one or two other related things) and then it stayed on this screen without doing anything else. Is it just taking long to do anything or is something wrong (most likely) and what should I do? Thanks.

rbit

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Registered: 2018-06-12

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Re: Installation Problem after selecting Language and Country

My first suspicion would be to verify the download (check the sha256sum).  Secondly, verify that it was written to your boot media without any errors.  Is this a cd, usb stick, virtual machine install, something else ?  Also, which ISO file are you using?
The installer iso should allow you to press alt-F4 to view the latest ouput, there may be some debugging text there that will let you know what it's locked up on, or waiting for, or at least what succeeded last.  alt-F2 and alt-F3 will activate terminals in which you can issue commands, and alt-F1 will go back to the installer.
Another option is to do the "expert install" which will help narrow down on which point it is stuck.

Bobby

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Registered: 2026-07-28

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Re: Installation Problem after selecting Language and Country

I verified the iso file and everything was good (I did so on Windows 11). I used this mirror (mirror.leaseweb.com/devuan/) to download this iso (devuan_excalibur_6.1.1_amd64_netinstall.iso) on a usb stick.

I'm trying to use those commands you mentioned (alt-F4 et al), now with a re-downloaded iso and a new day/boot, but it won't do anything (it also turned off num lock and won't let me turn it back on for some reason, or at least the light on my keyboard turned off and won't turn back on). I did see it do one to three things real fast (grey box that filled up), but then it stopped after that.

I'll keep it on for a bit to see if maybe it'll continue, but then I'll try expert install like you suggested.

Edit: After some time, now all my lock keys don't work, or at least don't light up.

Last edited by Bobby (2026-07-28 16:13:36)

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Re: Installation Problem after selecting Language and Country

As rbit asked :

Is this a cd, usb stick, virtual machine install, something else ?

This is pretty important actually, and can easily be a cause for an issue.

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Bobby

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Re: Installation Problem after selecting Language and Country

I tested on a virtual machine on a Windows 11 laptop, and everything seems fine there (just quickly went through the install process without really caring about the settings). So I assume it must be a hardware issue, I guess. I'm installing on a newly built PC: AMD CPU and graphics card with an MSI motherboard, and the iso file is on a usb stick. Could that be the problem?

Last edited by Bobby (2026-07-28 20:18:20)

fsmithred

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Registered: 2016-11-25

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Re: Installation Problem after selecting Language and Country

New hardware can be a problem if it's too new for the kernel. Which model cpu, motherboard and graphics card do you have? You might need to use a kernel from excalibur-backports.

Bobby

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Re: Installation Problem after selecting Language and Country

CPU: Ryzen 9 9900X
GPU: Radeon RX 9070 XT
Motherboard: MSI B850 Gaming Plus WiFi

ralph.ronnquist

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Re: Installation Problem after selecting Language and Country

check BIOS to avoid "raid" disk control.

kapqa

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Registered: 2019-01-02

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Re: Installation Problem after selecting Language and Country

if you use windows 11 you can use "rufus" to make a bootable copy of devuan installer onto usb. if you have a dvd drive you could burn the iso onto dvd-(rw), that should function best. if it does not function over dvd, then most certainly a BIOS setting is wrong (can happen out of the gate, like "secure boot is enabled > need to change like if you want it enabled to "custom" instead of "windows uefi") etc.

ovi

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Registered: 2026-03-29

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Re: Installation Problem after selecting Language and Country

You can check this thread. There is a link to an ISO. You can try with that ISO. It worked for me.
https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=7980
And use Balena Etcher for the USB boot media. It works just fine in Linux and Windows. With Rufus didn't worked for me.

Last edited by ovi (Today 13:48:10)

Bobby

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Registered: 2026-07-28

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Re: Installation Problem after selecting Language and Country

I disabled secure boot and two windows-listed settings in the BIOS, and it now actually continued, but it continued to a "Detect and mount installation media" window:

"Incorrect installation media detected"
"The detected media cannot be used for installation."

"Please provide suitable media to continue with the installation."

Then it went to:
"Installation step failed"
"An installation step failed. You can try to run the failing item again from he menu, or skip it and choose something else. The failing step is detect and mount installation media."

fsmithred

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Re: Installation Problem after selecting Language and Country

Your cpu is not too new for the kernels in excalibur. I couldn't find a clear answer on the graphics card.
Exactly how did you prepare the usb stick?

You could try the iso in the thread that ovi linked or try the desktop-live iso to see if that boots correctly.

kapqa

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Registered: 2019-01-02

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Re: Installation Problem after selecting Language and Country

excalibur is picky, you could try a dvd (burn .netinstall or full-iso to dvd) + be amazed.
it should function.