Re: [Libreboot] Trouble booting from USB in 20160902 release

[Marcel Maci]

Hello Duncan
As to the USB, I'd try with another stick. I had a similar situation (GRUB 
loaded splash screen and menu, but then stalled), and using another USB-stick 
solved the issue. As to the the "error: ata0,1 not found", I hope you'll get an 
answer from somebody else.
Hope this helps,
Marcel

On Fri, 9 Sep 2016 22:23:10 +0100
Duncan Guthrie <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi folks,
> 
> I am unable to boot from a live USB I have prepared with Debian Live on it.
> In the default GRUB Config, I select "search ISOLINUX menu (USB)", and
> this displays the Debian installer background image behind the text.
> However, I am unable to work out what to do next.
> Selecting "load operating system (incl. fully encrypted disks)" makes me
> input my passphrase for my main disk drive (I have edited grubtest.cfg
> accordingly to allow me to do this) and then it gives many errors along
> the lines of "error: disk `ata0' not found"
> "error: disk `ata0,1' not found" and so on and so forth.
> The other options that I can select below this are "Search ISOLINUX menu
> (AHCI)" and "Search ISOLINUX menu (CD/DVD)". Naturally these are useless
> for my purpose of booting the USB drive. There is the option to load the
> grubtest.cfg file (which does this) as well as "search for grub
> configuration on external media". This is what I used to boot the USB
> (with a small error) on the 20150518 release but it is useless now.
> 
> I found your guide to boot the drive from the command line here:
> https://libreboot.org/docs/gnulinux/grub_boot_installer.html#parse_isolinux
> However, following the example GRUB commands just boots me into a shell
> in the initramfs, which is useless.
> 
> How can I amend my grub config file to have an option to boot the USB
> drive automatically; or what commands can I use to start Debian Live?
> 
> Thanks for everything,
> D
>