Bug#861083: Fails to boot installed system

[Cyril Brulebois]

Matt Kraai <kraai at ftbfs.org> (2017-04-26):
> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 03:10:14AM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> > Did you try some kernel command line parameters, like enabling
> > debug, disabling quiet, maybe disabling modesetting? You could also
> > try adding netconsole parameters to send kernel messages elsewhere
> > if you're getting no output at all.
> 
> Thank you for the suggestions.
> 
> I've tried adding "debug", removing "quiet", and adding "nomodeset".
> Is that what you're referring to?  I just tried using netconsole, but
> the system doesn't have an RJ45 jack, the Wi-Fi adapter requires
> firmware, and the wireless network requires a password, so something
> in there caused it not to work.  :(
> 
> > Differences between installation and installed systems include:
> > plain init versus systemd, fbdev being used for Xorg in d-i; also,
> > sometimes, some modules are missing from the initrd because
> > initramfs-tools didn't include them (while d-i uses different
> > codepaths to enable hardware support). I assume yours is using the
> > default MODULES=most anyway (unless you tweaked it)?
> 
> I was able to get the system to boot by installing LILO instead of
> GRUB.  Do you have any suggestions for investigating why GRUB doesn't
> work?

Sure, ping grub2 maintainers. Maybe grub or grub integration within d-i
needs a bug fix. I've added them to the loop, and here's a link to the
initial bug report about an apparently successful installation which
doesn't boot:
  https://bugs.debian.org/861083
  https://bugs.debian.org/861083#15 → installer.tar has syslog etc.


KiBi.
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