14.2 install goes normally, but will not reboot, gives grub command line instead
by porphyry5 from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5FHCG)
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
2 type 8300 20GB
3 type 8300 15GB, this last for /homeInstall proceeded normally, but slackware would not reboot, gave me grub command line instead. Nor could I boot the install from the slackware usb, any of the choices offered led to Kernel Panic.
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.
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
2 type 8300 20GB
3 type 8300 15GB, this last for /homeInstall proceeded normally, but slackware would not reboot, gave me grub command line instead. Nor could I boot the install from the slackware usb, any of the choices offered led to Kernel Panic.
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.