(05-07-2020, 12:41 PM)WytWun link Wrote:[quote author=WytWun link=topic=7231.msg51697#msg51697 date=1588172543]I've done some more testing with this obstreperous device so an update...[/quote]
I attempted to install this RC on my 32bit UEFI Lenovo 100S which has been problematic with previous versions.
Yet another update...
The failure during the install turns out to be during writing the Grub configuration file to the ESP. Because Grub can't find a configuration file during boot, but is able to determine the root device and everything else it needs it displays the grub> prompt.
After finding this Grub 2 rescue how-to, I was able to find the information required to use the linux, initrd and boot commands (see the Booting From grub> section of the how-to) to boot the installed OS. Once booted, I opened a terminal and used sudo update-grub to create the missing Grub configuration file, and the subsequent reboot was completely normal. In fact I'm posting this from 5.0rc1...
NB: because this machine has an eMMC drive rather than HD or SSD, I had to use /dev/mmcblk1p? rather than /dev/sda? for the root option to the linux command.
Observations:
- the Grub boot menu still says "Ubuntu" instead of "Linux Lite" (did you say this should be fixed for the final Jerry?)
- changing from the light to the dark theme from the welcome system didn't appear to give any feedback that the change had been applied, though when I opened an application it had.
- in the course of resolving this I tried booting a few other EFI capable distros - some could be booted from a dd style USB flash but others would only boot with a Rufus "file copy" flash. I've not been able to determine what this machine's firmware doesn't like about the dd flashed images that it won't boot though.