14.2 install goes normally, but will not reboot, gives grub command line instead
asus L210, installing slackware 14.2
system has uefi bios that permits usb install if Esc key held down when Power switch pressed. I disabled Secure Boot as slackware was not acceptable, unsigned. I deleted every partition shown by cgdisk on /dev/mmcblk0, and set up 3 partitions, Code:
1 type EF00 300MB Back in the uefi bios, I noticed a difference, it no longer offered boot option from HDD, showing it only as a Storage device. I then reinstalled Lubuntu 18.04, which succeeded, and also restored the HDD as a boot option in the uefi bios. So I assume the way I partitioned the HDD in slackware offended the bios, but I have no clue as to why. Any suggestions? I reinstalled slackware, using the same partitions created by lubuntu, but got the same result, reboot went to grub command line instead. But the uefi bios still shows the HDD as 1st boot option. Now I have reinstalled lubuntu, side-by-side with slackware. On the reboot grub offered both slackware and lubuntu as boot options, but choosing slackware led to Kernel Panic again. |
:twocents: Probably Grub does not know how to access NVMe drive. I have no Grub experience, it is not suitable for me, therefore can't tell how to configure Grub for NVMe access, but they have excellent documentation online for you to read.
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grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg |
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Hold your horses, Grub can't even find the kernel, it is Grub issue right now, not kernel-initrd. At least this is what initial post tells, although the 'kernel panic' remark is confusing.
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Thanks for the referral to grub documentation. I love slackware, eventually, when one finally gets it going, probably on the principle that we love that which makes us suffer. ubuntu is like windows, a convenient annoyance that works out of the box. |
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Regarding your question about that oriental proverb. Can't answer that. It would be off topic. Not to mention there is no way to sugarcoat it for you. |
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But as there are 2 distros on my HDD, I think I'd better study up on Grub first, it would be mortifying to lose access to both of them for doing just one command. Thanks for your help, be back in a few days to report progress. |
Slackware installs lilo/elilo by default not grub. How did you install grub and/or what iso did you use?
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Two or more distros, one Grub is enough, you can add Slackware to your existing Grub install, I think it is somewhere in Lubuntu /etc, /etc/grub perhaps.
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Sugarcoat? is for pollyannas, those people who refer to realists as cynics. |
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This is the content of my slackware/boot dir Code:
/media/q/5bb5deec-0a16-4c5b-bc55-8d2fb1a8047f/boot $ ls Code:
# mkinitrd.conf.sample Code:
sudo chroot /media/q/5bb5deec-0a16-4c5b-bc55-8d2fb1a8047f mkinitrd ... Code:
$ sudo chroot /media/q/5bb5deec-0a16-4c5b-bc55-8d2fb1a8047f/ uname -r Found slackware mini-howto for mkinitrd and have now run Code:
/media/q/5bb5deec-0a16-4c5b-bc55-8d2fb1a8047f mkinitrd -c -k 4.4.14 -m ext4 |
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