[Macchiato] UEFI bootloader on Machiattobin feedback

[Jeremy Linton]

On 01/25/2018 02:12 AM, Frederik Lotter wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I work for Netronome and we are using Machiattobin as an early prototyping
> platform for the Marvell ARMADA 8040.
> 
> My goal is to boot an "out of the box" Ubuntu and CentOS installer ISO or
> Netboot image.
> 
> I read Stuart's success and attempted this on my side as well.
> 
> (1)
> 
> I managed to run the installer using mini.iso from:
> https://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/arm64/20180124-02:05/
> 
> The install completes (does not run)

This sound similar to what happens with fedora (i'm running rawhide on 
it) at the moment.

Try adding "modprobe.blacklist=sdhci_xenon_driver" to the kernel command 
line in grub. Modprobing it after boot will succeed and the device is 
usable...



> 
> (2)
> 
> However, the Linaro build seems to hang once I press on Install from the
> first dialog.
> https://releases.linaro.org/reference-platform/enterprise/17.12/debian-installer/
> 
> EFI stub: Booting Linux Kernel...
> EFI stub: Using DTB from configuration table
> EFI stub: Exiting boot services and installing virtual address map...
> 
> ... then dead
> 
> (3)
> 
> When using the debian image, I could not do a "Guided - use entire disk" on
> any selected device. It would always fail (Failed to partition the selected
> disk).
> 
> I created an EFI and root partition manually, and the install completed.
> 
> I cannot figure out how to see the "log", which according to the dialog
> looks like tab 4. Any suggestions on how to investigate this?
> 
> (4)
> 
> Finally with the install completed, from the UEFI shell:
> 
> fs1:\EFI\debian\grubaa64.efi
> 
> It starts, but cannot find the root partition.
> 
> FS1:\EFI\debian\> grubaa64.efi
> error: no such partition.
> Entering rescue mode...
> grub rescue>
> 
> Any ideas on how to investigate this?
> 
> Any pointers will be much appreciated.
> 
> Regards,
> Fred
> 
> 
> 
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