If the .ISO image does not boot, how do we users who are curious about this
new distro, check it out?
Beta4, RC1 both iso are like this...this will kill interest of curious
users like me
Will the .iso be rebuilt and released or not?
Two of my CD's wasted
On Fri, 22 May 2020 at 12:47, Sanjay Mysore <sanjmys(a)gmail.com> wrote:
This same issue exists with beta4 iso also. Tried that also
On Fri, 22 May 2020, 12:38 pm Sanjay Mysore, <sanjmys(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Mr. Rees
> Mine is a Libreboot laptop. When I select boot from an isolinux image
> from a CD/ DVD, the CD is read, but after some time, the cursor drops back
> to the same menu line. When I checked the contents of this CD, what is
> mentioned in the below email were available...
> Libreboot boots other CD with isolinux images
>
> On Fri, 22 May 2020, 1:28 am Max Rees, <maxcrees(a)me.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu May 21 03:33 PM, Sanjay Mysore wrote:
>> > Hello
>> > contents of the CD (.ISO image burned) are
>> > 1. Boot folder (grub)
>> > 2. system folder
>> > 3. bzimage_x86_64 (is this the one that should boot)
>> > 4. efi.img
>> > 5. initrd_x86_64 zip file
>> > 6. x86_64squash.fs
>> >
>> > This CD does not boot. Kindly clarify if the contents listed above on
>> this
>> > Cd is correct or something is missing
>>
>> Can you elaborate on what you mean by it "does not boot"? Do you at
>> least see a GRUB menu at some point? Are you running this in legacy/BIOS
>> mode or EFI mode on the machine in question?
>>
>> There is a known bug[1] for EFI boot in our images, so it could be that.
>> That bug essentially results in the kernel not being able to display
>> anything because GRUB is misconfigured in the ISOs.
>>
>> Max
>>
>> [1]
https://code.foxkit.us/adelie/image/merge_requests/5
>>
>
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With Best Regards
Sanjay. M.R