Vanilla mainline Debian 11 (Bullseye) on the RockPro64
09-25-2021, 07:14 AM
(09-24-2021, 02:32 AM)t4_4t Wrote: It fails at the last stage of the installation process. ('grub-install dummy' failed)
So we have to deal with that part manually, but other than that there are no problems.
If we choose the graphical installation, we can use the mouse/keyboard and the locale will work correctly.
With this workmanship, it is comparable to a standard x86/x64 installer.
Hello, and thank you for taking the time to reply. Unfortunately for my purpose, I can't get past the installer boot menu: After a selection is made the screen goes blank and stays that way, even after waiting for many minutes (it might be worth noting that I'm using an HDMI to VGA adaptor). I've looked for others encountering a similar problem, reading a few possibilities as to why it stalls (i.e. some say the Debian installer was tested from microSD to eMMC, others hint it might be something else altogether), but there's nothing clear in this case. And I don't have a serial console to debug.
On the other hand, I can verify that Armbian Focal works like a champ running off a microSD card on my RockPro64 with exact same configuration intact. I guess there's good reason Armbian goes through the trouble of testing their distribution on specific models, and I'm glad they do... But I really like the flexibility of an installer over that of a filesystem image since I like to customize my partition layout.
I expect to be over-writing a couple more USB sticks with the Debian installer to see if it's an issue with a specific brand and I'll post the details, if I get it work.