Samuel Thibault
2018-06-06 06:44:53 UTC
To access them, one has to first enter the “Advanced options” submenu from the boot menu by typing a. When using a BIOS system (the boot menu will have beeped only once), this has to be followed by Enter. Then, to enable speech synthesis, s can optionally be pressed (followed again by Enter when using a BIOS system). From there, various shortcuts can be used: x for expert installation, r for rescue mode, or a for automated installation. When using a BIOS system, they must be followed by Enter.
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Okay, that's great, but what about a UEFI system?
Then you don't need to do what was mentioned for BIOS systems (pressing# # #
Okay, that's great, but what about a UEFI system?
enter).
I installed Debian, and I was watching the braille display during grub installation. It said
Running 'grub-install dummy'
Why is it running dummy instead of /dev/sda1 or whatever the efi partition is?
That is a question for the debian-boot mailing list then. They are theRunning 'grub-install dummy'
Why is it running dummy instead of /dev/sda1 or whatever the efi partition is?
people who work on UEFI grub installation.
When booting the installed system, what comes up is a grub rescue prompt.
https://superuser.com/questions/1154866/unable-to-install-grub-in-dummy-on-debian-stretch-in-dell-precision-5510
Can you still insert your Deibian installer flash drive, press tab, and type
brltty=auto rescue/enable=true
when it comes up?
Not in UEFI mode because the shortcuts are different. As mentionedhttps://superuser.com/questions/1154866/unable-to-install-grub-in-dummy-on-debian-stretch-in-dell-precision-5510
Can you still insert your Deibian installer flash drive, press tab, and type
brltty=auto rescue/enable=true
when it comes up?
above, just type 'a', then 's' if you want speech, then 'r' to enter
rescue mode.
Samuel