Installation • Simple Debian 12 install won't boot afterwards

Installing Debian 12 in UEFI mode on an HP ML30, using the full DVD (debian-12.7.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso). Opted for LVM using the whole of the only SSD, with separate partitions for /, /var, /tmp and /home. It's a server, so no desktop, just web and SSH.

I finish the installation with no errors; all looks fine. But it won't boot. There's a "debian" entry in the boot list but it does nothing. Can someone help me find what I've done wrong?

Here are some of the things I've done, all to no avail:

• * Installing in MBR mode
  * Installing using the netinst image.
  * Creating a fresh GPT partition table on the SSD before installing
  * Running the "boot-repair" tool off a live USB stick. It failed on "Please enable a repository containing the [grub-efi] packages ..." and I couldn't fix that either.
  * Manually restoring GRUB via the chroot method, as documented in the "GrubEFIReinstall" page of the Debian wiki. No errors, but no boot either.

I've posted the boot-repair report here in case it's of some help.

I've been two days at this and my will-to-live meter reads dangerously low ... surely it's not supposed to be this difficult!

Statistics: Posted by henrylaw — 2024-09-29 19:33 — Replies 0 — Views 21

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