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Autore: Fred
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To: dng
Oggetto: Re: [DNG] legacy boot Chimaera?
On 1/4/23 08:01, dng@??? wrote:
> On 04-01-2023 15:42, Fred wrote:
>> I downloaded the netinstall iso and put it on the usb stick.  I
>> mounted the stick and found it has the same type of files as before.
>>
>> Device     Boot Start    End Sectors  Size Id Type
>> /dev/sdb1  *        0 761855  761856  372M  0 Empty
>> /dev/sdb2        4040   5511    1472  736K ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
>>
>> These are on /dev/sdb2
>> /efi/bootbootia32.efi
>> /efi/boot/bootx64.efi
>>
>> It appears the iso files do not now legacy boot.  Maybe I have to
>> install an early version of Devuan and upgrade.  But would the boot
>> method stay legacy with the upgrade?
>> Best regards,
>> Fred
>>
> You should take a look at what is on /dev/sdb1 which has the bootable flag.
>
> Grtz.
>
> Nick
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The output of /sbin/fdisk -l, above, shows it to be empty so I didn't
try to look at it.
However, it does have lots of files including one called boot.

So, we are back to square 1. The usb stick should be a valid boot
device but the mini-pc doesn't like what it sees there.

Best regards,
Fred