Hi Olivia,

Your emails read as being a competent Linux user otherwise I would not intercede with these suggestions, they both require a level of technical expertise.

I have installed Devuan on various unsupported devices numerous times and have had repeated success with both of the following.


1. If you already have a workstation and the target platform supports PXE ~ apt install debian-installer




      2) Boot the target platform using any live Linux media that will work and also supports kvm virtual machines.
          Configure a VM to use the target's main storage and boot the Devuan installer image in the VM.
On Friday, December 27th, 2024 at 15:15, Olivia May <olivia.may@???> wrote:

> Thats what I did, but thats a longer, more complicated way to install Daedalus. Could you make it work with libreboot again?
>

> Thanks,
> Olivia
>

>

> Dec 27, 2024, 07:24 by Xenguy.fl9z@???:
>

> > Hi,
> >

> > From: olivia.may@??? ; Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2024 10:36:03 AM:
> >

> > > Hello Devuan Devs,
> > >

> > > When I burn the installer-isos to a usb and try booting from
> > > Libreboot, it doesn't work. It loads the devuan background image but
> > > it won't load the grub menu that lets you install Devuan. I've only
> > > tested the netinstall and desktop from the installer-iso/ directory.
> > > Devuan Chimaera netinstall and desktop works. Libreboot doesn't load
> > > the background but it loads the grub menu.
> > >

> > > I've tried reformatting the usb, zeroing it out, and Daedalus still
> > > doesn't work. Chimaera works on the same usb. I'm using a lenovo
> > > thinkpad x230 with Libreboot with an Intel CPU.
> > >

> > > Did I do something wrong for Daedalus? Is there a specific command I
> > > have to use to burn the ISO? I've been using dd. Is this a problem
> > > with Libreboot?
> > >

> > > Thank you,
> > > Olivia
> >

> >

> > I can offer no insights into the root problem, but if it were me, as a
> > workaround, I might try installing Chimaera[1], and then dist-upgrading
> > to Daedalus[2].
> >

> > [1] https://www.devuan.org/os/documentation/install-guides/chimaera/install-devuan.html
> > [2] https://www.devuan.org/os/documentation/install-guides/daedalus/upgrade-to-daedalus.html
> >

> > Hope that helps,
> > X.
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