Hi,

First time Devuan user here, I have some limited experience with Linux
but I am out of practice, so please excuse any silly questions or
errors.

Executive summary:

I am trying to install Devuan Beoulf on an Asus Mini-PC that will only
boot from a USB stick formatted as FAT32, please help me.

I have installed the devuan_beowulf_3.1.1_i386_netinstall.iso image onto
a USB stick, and verified the SHA256 checksum is correct.

I have a Asus Mini-PC PN41 with Celeron N4500 CPU:

https://www.asus.com/displays-desktops/mini-pcs/pn-series/mini-pc-pn41/]

In the BIOS, I have disabled Secure Boot:

* Go to Boot/Secure Boot screen.

* Set OS Type to Other OS.

* Save changes

I have also disabled the Intel Platform Trust Technology (under the
Advanced PCH-FW Config screen) and made sure no passwords are set.

When I plug the USB stick in, the BIOS recognizes it as two devices. I
have tried setting the boot order to the first followed by the second,
and the reverse (second followed by the first). I have also tried
disabling the Fast Boot option.

In all cases, when I reboot, the system goes back to the BIOS without
booting from the USB stick.

The BIOS gives me the option to override the boot order and boot
directly from the specified device. When I do, I get this warning:

    WARNING

    The Secure Boot is enabled to prevent untrusted operating 
    systems from loading.

    To launch the EFI shell, please disable the secure boot
    option.

but note that I have already disabled Secure Boot. The system
does not boot.

The only help the reseller can give me (they can barely spell Linux) is
to tell me that the USB stick must be formatted as FAT32.

On another Linux box, the USB stick auto-mounts on /dev/sdd1 (but
not sdd2) and mount shows me this:

    /dev/sdd1 on /run/media/stevend/Devuan 3.1 type iso9660 (ro,nosuid,nodev,relatime,nojoliet,check=s,map=n,blocksize=2048,uid=1001,gid=1001,dmode=500,fmode=400,uhelper=udisks2)

Some additional details:

    $ ls -l /dev/sdd*
    brw-rw----. 1 root disk 8, 48 Dec 22 12:41 /dev/sdd
    brw-rw----. 1 root disk 8, 49 Dec 22 12:41 /dev/sdd1
    brw-rw----. 1 root disk 8, 50 Dec 22 12:41 /dev/sdd2

    $ sudo blkid /dev/sdd*
    /dev/sdd: UUID="2021-03-15-11-46-46-00" LABEL="Devuan 3.1" TYPE="iso9660" PTUUID="361c3565" PTTYPE="dos"
    /dev/sdd1: UUID="2021-03-15-11-46-46-00" LABEL="Devuan 3.1" TYPE="iso9660" PTUUID="361c3565" PTTYPE="dos" PARTUUID="361c3565-01"
    /dev/sdd2: SEC_TYPE="msdos" UUID="922C-067E" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="361c3565-02"

If I am reading this correctly, it looks like there is no FAT32
partition on this USB stick and this is why it will not boot. Is that
correct?

How do I install Devuan on this PC?

Thanks in advance for any assistance you can give.


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Steven