Anno domini 2021 Sun, 22 Aug 09:21:33 +0200
al3xu5 scripsit:
> Sun, 15 Aug 2021 12:05:19 +0200 - al3xu5 <dotcommon@???>:
>
> > About one or two years ago I had installed Devuan on my brother's laptop.
> >
> > It is a Lenovo B50-10 (model 80QR), with a 64bit Intel N3540 CPU, 4GB
> > DDR1600 RAM and a mechanical 500GB HDD (see:
> > https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/cr/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/lenovo-b-series-laptops/b50-10/80qr/documentation/doc_userguide)
> >
> > Two weeks ago I tryed some BIOS changes and did an apt-get
> > update/upgrade. Do not remember neither which BIOS changes I tried, nor
> > the order I did changeas and apt-get...
> >
> > This resulted in a unbootable system (a loop, booting and rebootin,
> > without starting the system).
> >
> > [...]
>
>
> After a long battle, the notebook now starts correctly ... but to
> fix the boot issue I had to install W10 (UEFI).
>
> So now I'm trying to reinstall it with Devuan, but I can't.
>
> Using beowulf netinstaller (3.1.1), it starts with a blocking error:
>

> ~~~
>     Loading Devuan beowulf installer in standard mode...

>

>     error: invalid sector size 0
>     error: you need to load the kernel first.
> ~~~

>
> Please help!

Just a guess: is secureboot enabled?

Anyway, you might have more lick using the chimaera iso - Id suggest the netistaller:

https://files.devuan.org/devuan_chimaera/installer-iso/

Nik


>
> Regards
> al3xu5
>



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