If you are on windows check that your turn off button
actually turns off your computer. It's under power options somwhere.
Check this link
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-customize-power-button-action-when-pressed-windows-10
If you made an image with dd, as described in other emails it should work.
AFAIK there is no reason for FAT32 to be required.
Good luck!
On 12/22/24 19:01, dewaj wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Dec 2024 17:10:48 +1100
> Steven D'Aprano <steve@???> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
> Windows is ntfs but the boot partition must be 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"
> That looks odd. If blkid is being honest, then there is
> something wrong with the partitioning.
>
> Why is there a ISO-9660 filesystem on /dev/sdd?
>
> Was an ISO CD/DVD image copied to the USB stick? And is it an image that
> can be used on a USB stick?
>
> if 'cp' was used to tranfer the image to the USB stick it will not
> work. For one thing, the stick must not be mounted when the image is
> created.
>
> Use 'dd', balena etcher, rufus, linuxlive usb creator,or another util to
> create a bootable disk image.
>
> If 'dd' is chosen, then try:
>
> sudo dd if=devuan-netinstall-blah.iso of=/dev/sdd bs=1M
> status=progress
>
> (From:
>
> https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/creating-a-bootable-ubuntu-usb-stick-on-a-debian-linux/)
>
>
> (Above is a single line)
>
> Then confirm that the partitions are proper afterward.
>
> If they appear correct, the odds are that the USB stick will boot.
>
> If you intend to use btrfs and not ext4, boot the USB stick and do 'apt
> install btrfs-progs' before you start installing the system. Then you
> will have the option to create the btrfs filesystem. It is easier than
> modifying it later. Similar can be done for other filesystems.
>
>
>
> This is what my disk looks like:
>
> blkid /dev/sda*
> /dev/sda: PTUUID="eb8c0f32-66a8-4db6-bb51-ac42473201a9" PTTYPE="gpt"
> /dev/sda1: LABEL_FATBOOT="ESP" LABEL="ESP" UUID="DC36-2395" \
> BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTLABEL="EFI system partition"
> PARTUUID="349cc689-ba9c-4019-b4d8-ccbd7f7fe895" \
> /dev/sda2: LABEL="root" UUID="9440f687-56d2-4c0a-9902-6f9113c20f5c" \
> UUID_SUB="98d8604a-a1a8-4847-9e33-eced9840229f" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" \
> TYPE="btrfs" PARTLABEL="/"
> PARTUUID="eca05fe8-333a-4fde-9afd-175b985f63d4"
>
>
> I created a btrfs filesystem with the installer right off.
>
>
> Be sure to read the README.txt in the download directory, if you have
> not already done so.
>
> --
> dj
>
>
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