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This is what my gpt screen looks like on 19b2.1: 1) I can't edit the mount points with Gparted, nor the Names of partitions e.g. ESP - I can only create labels and manage flags (the latter clearly not required for MX - they are empty on my pcfehlix wrote: Wed Oct 09, 2019 9:37 am ....
2. Create an ESP-partition
The shown /dev/nvme0n1p1 is a 256MB vfat partition - but it is not a ESP (EFI SystemPartion, yet)
Within Gparted you need to "mark" the /dev/nvme0n1p1 as "esp" + "boot" , otherwise this partition is not recognised as ESP.
So please run again a manual custom-installation, but do prepare nvme0n1 as such:
:->: ESP 256MB vfat maked as esp+boot
:->: "/"-root ext4 partition
:->: no boot partition.
+++EDIT: +++
And if you really want to install and boot only in legacy (BIOS) mode, do create a MSDOS-partition table,
which can hold the embedded legacy GRUB-loader.
Otherwise with GPT-partion table -as mentioned - you "must" (or better do so) to create a 1MB sized unformated partition marked as bios-grub/grub-bios, preferable as first partion on the drive.
Eadwine Rose wrote: Wed Oct 09, 2019 11:02 am I posted links to videos by DO before. Two, one on how to work with that ESP and one on the UEFI/legacy issue..
Found them.
Here is one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLFUZ6LtqiE&t
Here is the other: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JlaO6RyUt4
What piece of info, exactly?Priceless piece of info, should be on the front page of MX website.
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System: Host: mx Kernel: 4.19.0-6-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-6-amd64
root=UUID=0726d929-c20b-437e-8ba7-147eb244e045 ro quiet splash
Desktop: Xfce 4.14.1 tk: Gtk 3.24.5 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 dm: LightDM 1.26.0
Distro: MX-19beta-2.1_x64 patito feo September 8 2019
base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
Machine: Type: Desktop System: Dell product: Inspiron 560 v: 00 serial: <filter> Chassis:
type: 3 serial: <filter>
Mobo: Dell model: 0K83V0 v: A00 serial: <filter> BIOS: Dell v: A06 date: 12/01/2010
CPU: Topology: Dual Core model: Pentium E5400 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Penryn family: 6
model-id: 17 (23) stepping: A (10) microcode: A0B L2 cache: 2048 KiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 10773
Speed: 1961 MHz min/max: 1203/2700 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1962 2: 1940
Vulnerabilities: Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: EPT disabled
Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT disabled
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling
Graphics: Device-1: AMD Redwood XT [Radeon HD 5670/5690/5730] vendor: PC Partner Limited
driver: radeon v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 1002:68d8
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: ati,radeon unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa
resolution: 1920x1200~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: AMD REDWOOD (DRM 2.50.0 / 4.19.0-6-amd64 LLVM 7.0.1)
v: 3.3 Mesa 18.3.6 compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel 82801JI HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:3a3e
Device-2: AMD Redwood HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5000 Series] vendor: PC Partner Limited
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 1002:aa60
Device-3: Microsoft LifeCam VX-2000 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
bus ID: 3-4:2 chip ID: 045e:0761
Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.19.0-6-amd64
Network: Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Dell
driver: r8169 v: kernel port: e800 bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8168
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 213.25 GiB (45.8%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: HD503HI size: 465.76 GiB block size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s rotation: 5400 rpm serial: <filter>
rev: 00E5 scheme: MBR
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 26.73 GiB size: 26.19 GiB (97.96%) used: 9.33 GiB (35.6%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/sda8
ID-2: swap-1 size: 6.67 GiB used: 1.8 MiB (0.0%) fs: swap swappiness: 15 (default 60)
cache pressure: 100 (default) dev: /dev/sda7
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 57 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 499 mobo: 850
Repos: No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list
1: deb http://iso.mxrepo.com/antix/buster buster main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free
2: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
1: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ buster main non-free
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list
Info: Processes: 201 Uptime: 6h 46m Memory: 3.85 GiB used: 1.48 GiB (38.3%) Init: SysVinit
v: 2.93 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0 alt: 8 Shell: bash v: 5.0.3
running in: quick-system-in inxi: 3.0.36
Jerry, have you even watched the youtube video I'm referring to?Jerry3904 wrote: Wed Oct 09, 2019 11:49 amWhat piece of info, exactly?Priceless piece of info, should be on the front page of MX website.
Gladly! But not until the Devs fix the minstall.conf issue that breaks the "full disk" autoinstall in minstall-gui
Is this a limited case though?bpr323 wrote: Wed Oct 09, 2019 12:06 pm There's a couple of interlinked Thinkpad BIOS settings that if set incorrectly would prevent MX from installing in UEFI mode.
I mentioned that in my post above.