Why is USB Installer hanging after booting (Slak64-current)?
by bigfoot cascadia from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4WK1K)
Hey there. I just got an Lenovo Carbon X1 6th Gen (NOS) with 16 GB RAM and 512
Gb SSD. It has Windows 10 preinstalled which I intend on removing and
having a pure Slackware64 15.0 (5.4.2 kernel) OS. I made a USB Install Stick
frm the 12 Dec 2019 Slackware64-current tree using usbimg2isk.sh script in the
usb-and-pxe-installers directory in the current tree. Here is screen print of
usnimg2disk.sh run:
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Once the install stick was prepared, I then turned off Seceure Boot in UEFI
Settings and set USB Drive as first choice of Boot devices. Here are the
results of the machine boots:
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At this point, the system hangs. Even after waiting 5 minutes. The only option
available at this time is to reboot through Ctl+Alt+Del or Power cycle.
I think it might be a UEFI Settting I'm oblivious to though I'm not
knowledgable about. Can any one point me in the direction of resolution? I'd
greatly appreciate it.


Gb SSD. It has Windows 10 preinstalled which I intend on removing and
having a pure Slackware64 15.0 (5.4.2 kernel) OS. I made a USB Install Stick
frm the 12 Dec 2019 Slackware64-current tree using usbimg2isk.sh script in the
usb-and-pxe-installers directory in the current tree. Here is screen print of
usnimg2disk.sh run:
Quote:
bash-4.3# ./usbimg2disk.sh -f -s /home/usrname/Work/slackware64-current -o /dev/sdb /home/username/Work/slackware64-current /home/username/Work/slackware64-current/usb-and-pxe-installers /home/username/Work/slackware64-current/usb-and-pxe-installers # We are going to format and use this device - '/dev/sdb': # Vendor : LEXAR # Model : JD FIREFLY # Size : 3840 MB # # FDISK OUTPUT: # Disk /dev/sdb: 3.8 GiB, 4026531840 bytes, 7864320 sectors # Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes # Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes # I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes # Disklabel type: dos # Disk identifier: 0x5f024ddb # # Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type # /dev/sdb1 * 2048 34815 32768 16M 6 FAT16 *** *** *** If this is the wrong drive, then press CONTROL-C now! *** *** *** Or press ENTER to continue: --- Formatting /dev/sdb with VFAT partition label 'USBSLACKINS'... --- Last chance! Press CTRL-C to abort! Or press ENTER to continue: --- Available free space on the the USB drive is 3923452 KB --- Required free space for installer: 53332 KB --- Copying boot files to the USB drive... --- Copying Slackware package tree to the USB drive... --- Syncing I/O...--- Unmounting volumes and deleting temporary fi]les... --- Making the USB drive '/dev/sdb' bootable... --- Done. |
Settings and set USB Drive as first choice of Boot devices. Here are the
results of the machine boots:
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Loading kernel \huge.s... done Loading file \initrd.img...done |
available at this time is to reboot through Ctl+Alt+Del or Power cycle.
I think it might be a UEFI Settting I'm oblivious to though I'm not
knowledgable about. Can any one point me in the direction of resolution? I'd
greatly appreciate it.