Bullseye Bother
by business_kid from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5SGF2)
Right. I loaded up a 64bit Debian (=RazPi OS) on an sdcard. I loaded that in a usb sdcard adapter and it reluctantly booted. It needed a power-off midway. Then it was supposed to update, so I did the usual Code:sudo apt update
sudo apt full-upgrade and 'Y' when asked followed by a restart
Now it won't boot, and performs the following dance
1. I power up. It fails to find an sdcard, throws up a page of stuff and a QR Code, inspects my usb hub, complains for the lack of recovery4.elf, gets stuck but gets past it, resets itself and gets stuck on the rainbow page.
2. I cycle the power. It fails to find an sdcard, throws up a page of stuff and a QR Code, inspects my usb hub, gets stuck, complains for the lack of recovery4.elf, resets itself and gets past the rainbow page. Judging by time elapsed, it loads the kernel, and starts into booting. The screen clears and it complains about device <something> on the pci bus and says it's silencing I/O to this dead device. I get two more lines, one another hardware complaint, and the other saying it's freezing execution.
There's one more thing you need to know. RazPi have nobody remotely technical looking at the forum posts; Debian don't officially have an Arm distro last time I checked. And before you start telling me to try this and that, I'm a stroke case with one working arm and dodgy balance, so don't set me at extensive rewiring. The setup works on 32bit as is without modification. Mind you, buster 64bit was the same. I could load the original image, but if I updated, it wouldn't boot either.
sudo apt full-upgrade and 'Y' when asked followed by a restart
Now it won't boot, and performs the following dance
1. I power up. It fails to find an sdcard, throws up a page of stuff and a QR Code, inspects my usb hub, complains for the lack of recovery4.elf, gets stuck but gets past it, resets itself and gets stuck on the rainbow page.
2. I cycle the power. It fails to find an sdcard, throws up a page of stuff and a QR Code, inspects my usb hub, gets stuck, complains for the lack of recovery4.elf, resets itself and gets past the rainbow page. Judging by time elapsed, it loads the kernel, and starts into booting. The screen clears and it complains about device <something> on the pci bus and says it's silencing I/O to this dead device. I get two more lines, one another hardware complaint, and the other saying it's freezing execution.
There's one more thing you need to know. RazPi have nobody remotely technical looking at the forum posts; Debian don't officially have an Arm distro last time I checked. And before you start telling me to try this and that, I'm a stroke case with one working arm and dodgy balance, so don't set me at extensive rewiring. The setup works on 32bit as is without modification. Mind you, buster 64bit was the same. I could load the original image, but if I updated, it wouldn't boot either.