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maybl8

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I am new to Slitaz linux. Was doing allot of reading and like the idea of a small size rolling release that I can run from a 4GB USB Drive.

This is where I am at this point. I have been able to get it working on a BIOS/UEFI computer in Legacy mode. I created a USB drive with adding GRUB uefi from 5 year old instructions. However when booting it I get the GRUB menu but it just ends up with a black screen and I have to hard reboot the laptop.

I will provide whatever is needed to try to troubleshoot this.
I have tried different iso's but don't know which one is the best for this.
Let me know if I can help make this type of install easier.
Thanks

Posted 1 month ago #
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When slitaz-rolling-core64.iso is copied to a USB flash drive via:

# dd if=slitaz-rolling-core64.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=1M

where /dev/sdb is the flash drive,

SliTaz can be booted in UEFI mode from that device.

Beware: all other data on the USB flash drive is lost with the above command!

With slitaz-current-core64.iso this does not work!
EFI/esp.img in that ISO is much smaller than that in rolling.

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All that does is put the EFI folder on the flash drive.
It does not boot on my Laptop.
What are the next steps to make that flash drive able to boot into Slitaz?

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With of= the name of the whole device must be given (say /dev/sdb), not the name of a partition (like /dev/sdb1) and the EFI device menue must be entered to select the USB flash drive.

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Did you use the same computer to boot in BIOS Legacy then in UEFI or are they 2 different computers?
In the second case, maybe the UEFI computer is too recent and its graphic card is not supported in Rolling.

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@HGT I did /dev/sda
@Ceel 2 different computers. The one where I have the live USB booting is BIOS/UEFI
The one that I want to use is a UEFI only HP Laptop with 2 video cards.

Machine:
  Type: Convertible System: HP product: HP Spectre x360 Convertible 15-df1xxx
    v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 31
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: HP model: 863F v: 54.24 serial: <superuser required>
    part-nu: 7UT64UA#ABA uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: AMI v: F.29
    date: 11/02/2022
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 63.7 Wh (100.0%) condition: 63.7/63.7 Wh (100.0%)
    volts: 12.9 min: 11.6 model: HP Primary type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
    status: full cycles: 239
  Device-1: hid-0018:04F3:2992.0001-battery model: ELAN2514:00 04F3:2992
    serial: N/A charge: N/A status: N/A
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-10510U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Comet/Whiskey Lake note: check gen: core 10 level: v3 note: check
    built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8E (142)
    stepping: 0xC (12) microcode: 0xF8
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
    L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2540 high: 3875 min/max: 400/4900 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 3807 2: 3809 3: 400
    4: 400 5: 3875 6: 3800 7: 400 8: 3833 bogomips: 36812
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: retbleed mitigation: Enhanced IBRS
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS, IBPB:
    conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel CometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20
    ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9b41
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP108M [GeForce MX250] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: nvidia v: 550.54.14 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+
    status: current (as of 2024-02; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Pascal code: GP10x
    process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-2021 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4
    link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 3b:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1d13
    class-ID: 0302
  Device-3: Chicony HP Wide Vision FHD Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-5:2 chip-ID: 04f2:b67b
    class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.4
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia dri: iris
    gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x2160 s-dpi: 220 s-size: 443x249mm (17.44x9.80")
    s-diag: 508mm (20.01")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x30eb built: 2017 res: 3840x2160
    hz: 60 dpi: 284 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: 3840x2160
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
    drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: iris device: 3 drv: swrast surfaceless:
    drv: nvidia x11: drv: iris inactive: gbm,wayland,device-2
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.0.2-manjaro1.1
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (CML GT2)
    device-ID: 8086:9b41 memory: 14.9 GiB unified: yes
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.276 layers: 5 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
    name: NVIDIA GeForce MX250 driver: nvidia v: 550.54.14 device-ID: 10de:1d13
    surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel UHD
    Graphics (CML GT2) driver: mesa intel v: 24.0.2-manjaro1.1
    device-ID: 8086:9b41 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH-LP cAVS vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-cnl alternate: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_skl,
    snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:02c8 class-ID: 0401
  API: ALSA v: k6.7.7-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.0.3 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: pipewire-media-session status: active 3: pipewire-alsa
    type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH-LP CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:02f0 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-networkd, systemd-timesyncd,
    wpa_supplicant
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 935.29 GiB used: 250.07 GiB (26.7%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung
    model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 2B2QEXM7 temp: 38.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Silicon Motion model: N/A
    size: 3.77 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 2.0
    spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1100
    scheme: GPT
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 163 GiB size: 160.13 GiB (98.24%) used: 55.9 GiB (34.9%)
    fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p8 maj-min: 259:8
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 499 MiB size: 498 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 32.9 MiB (6.6%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 399.57 GiB size: 392.23 GiB (98.16%)
    used: 194.09 GiB (49.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 55.0 C pch: 53.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 15.26 GiB used: 4.01 GiB (26.2%)
  Processes: 353 Power: uptime: 23m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle
    wakeups: 1 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume
    image: 6.08 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,upowerd Init: systemd v: 255
    default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1882 libs: 472 tools: pacaur,pamac,pikaur,yay
    Compilers: clang: 16.0.6 gcc: 13.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.26
    running-in: alacritty inxi: 3.3.33

Posted 1 month ago #

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I'm not on a SliTaz computer at this moment.
Add screen=text at the end of the linux line; this should allow you to boot in console. Then run startx and post the /var/log/Xorg.0.log
Seems your intel card use 915resolution (that is in the ISO); the NVidia should run with the nouveau driver. What is the output of lsmod?
Maybe you need to install xorg-xf86-video-nv (I don't remember if it is in the ISO but I don't think so). But not sure you can connect to the internet? A way that has always work for me: connect through a smartphone via USB, change eth0 by usb0 in /etc/network.conf and restart the network: /etc/init.d/network.sh restart

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OK I don't think you guys are following me or I am not understanding something.
When I use the dd command from above I end up with a EFI folder that has some files in it.
That doesn't boot on its own.

I created a live usb from the 5in1 iso. I can boot to it in my Legacy or BIOS/UEFI machine.
When I use that to create a usb I use the option to make the usb a rolling release from the web option.
I select bootable and it creates the usb. But I can't boot to that either on my UEFI only laptop.

@Ceel I don't think I am where you are at on my USB drive.

I hope this makes sense.

Posted 1 month ago #
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I have been thinking about what I see here.
I see that I have 3 separate pieces that need to be put together in one .iso.
I am not sure how to do that but here is what I see.

1. We have the base system that is the running Slitaz OS.
2. We have the EFI for UEFI systems.
3. And we have GRUB .

I don't know if this can be done but let me know what you think?

Thanks

Posted 1 month ago #
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What you see on the flash drive depends on how you mount it:

# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt

makes just the directory EFI available in /mnt

# mount /dev/sda /mnt

makes additionally the directory boot available in /mnt

So all files for booting SliTaz should be available on the flash drive.

When it is not mandatory to boot SliTaz live from a flash drive and the "main" system is booted by GRUB2, SliTaz live can be booted from an ISO file on SSD with GRUB loopback:

Suppose slitaz-current-core64.iso is stored in /boot, the following menue entry can be added to
the GRUB2 configuration file:

menuentry 'Slitaz current64 (loopback)' { insmod gzio set isofile=/boot/slitaz-current-core64.iso loopback lb $isofile linux (lb)/boot/bzImage64 initrd (lb)/boot/rootfs.gz }

For testing the above statements (within the curly braces) can be entered in GRUB2 command mode.

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Still can't get it to boot into the os.
Here is my boot partition.
I do get grub and see the menu entries.

demo@Manjaro mnt]$ tree
.
├── boot
│   ├── bzImage
│   ├── grub
│   │   ├── grub.cfg
│   │   └── splash.xpm.gz
│   ├── ipxe
│   ├── isolinux
│   │   ├── boot.cat
│   │   ├── c32box.c32
│   │   ├── help.en
│   │   ├── help.fr
│   │   ├── i18n.cfg
│   │   ├── isolinux.bin
│   │   ├── isolinux.cfg
│   │   ├── kbd
│   │   ├── opts.en
│   │   ├── opts.fr
│   │   ├── splash.png
│   │   ├── ter-v16v.psf
│   │   └── vesamenu.c32
│   ├── linld.com
│   ├── memtest
│   ├── rootfs.gz
│   ├── slitaz-rolling-core64.iso
│   └── vmlinuz-4.9.30-slitaz
└── efi
    └── boot
        └── bootx64.efi

6 directories, 23 files

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Ceel

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vmlinuz-4.9.30-slitaz

From where does this kernel come from? It is not in the repo.

Posted 1 month ago #
maybl8

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I followed the instructions from this page:

https://doc.slitaz.org/en:guides:uefi-live

Where it says
wget http://cook.slitaz.org/next64/grub2/browse/taz/grub2-efi-2.02/fs/boot/efi/boot/bootx64.efi

I changed 2.02 to 2.04

Posted 1 month ago #
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My 2cents...

The executable
└─── efi
└─── boot
└─── bootx64.efi
calls up the menu
├─── boot
│ ├─── bzImage.
│ ├─── grub
│ │ ├── grub.cfg

And the whole thing sits on a fat32 partition on a gpt-formatted flash drive.
The OS launched: either it is live, or it sits on a linux partition.
From here you need to set which in the grub.cfg menu.
At boot you give an "ls" and find out which partitions it sees
ex.
set=root (hd0,gpt1)
In some cases and for some strange reason, the pc only runs exclusively (bootia32.efi) 32-bit.

I doubt however that slitaz supports xorg wayland....

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I miei 2cents...
L'eseguibile
└── efi
└── boot
└── bootx64.efi
richiama il menu

├── boot
│ ├── bzImage
│ ├── grub
│ │ ├── grub.cfg

ed il tutto se ne sta su una partizione fat32 su chiavetta formattata di tipo gpt
Il Sistema operativo lanciato: o è live, o se ne sta su una partizione linux.
Da qui occorre settare quali nel menu di grub.cfg.
Al boot si dà un “ls” e si scopre quali partizioni vede
es.
set=root (hd0,gpt1)
In qualche caso e per qualche strana ragione, il pc esegue solo esclusivamente (bootia32.efi) a 32 bit.

Dubito comunque che slitaz supporti xorg wayland...

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Below is the grub.cfg menu entries I am trying to use on the usb drive.
I created these from various web searches I found
All I get when trying to use these is the message:
"Booting a command list"
```
### CONFIGURATION FILE FOR GRUB 2 ###
#

# Comment the line if you want SliTaz to start automatically at boot or
# change the value to define the time (seconds) to wait before booting.
set TIMEOUT=-1

# Menu 0: boot SliTaz Next
menuentry "SliTaz Next (ISO 20170930 - kernel 4.9.30)" {
   set root=(hd0,2)
   linux /boot/bzImage ro root=/dev/null video=-32 autologin
   initrd /boot/rootfs.gz
}

menuentry 'Slitaz current64 (loopback)' {
insmod gzio
set isofile=/boot/slitaz-rolling-core64.iso
loopback lb $isofile
linux (lb)/boot/bzImage64 root=/dev/null video=-32 autologin
initrd (lb)/boot/rootfs.gz
}

menuentry "SliTaz, ISO 4.0" {
set isofile="/boot/slitaz-rolling-core64.iso"
loopback iso $isofile
linux (iso)/boot/bzImage64 from=$isofile ramdisk_size=6666 home=usb root=/dev/ram0 rw autoexec=startx changes=s512.dat
initrd (iso)/boot/rootfs.gz
}

Here is the bootefimgr list .
This is when I boot to an os on the ssd drive with the usb drive plugged in.
```
demo@Manjaro ~]$ efibootmgr
BootCurrent: 0001
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 0005,0004,0007,0003,0009,0006,0002,0001,0000,0008,9999
Boot0000* Windows Boot Manager HD(2,GPT,5758188c-330c-4b9b-a98f-e999cf7ec14e,0x109000,0xf9800)/\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi57494e444f5753000100000088000000780000004200430044004f0042004a004500430054003d007b00390064006500610038003600320063002d0035006300640064002d0034006500370030002d0061006300630031002d006600330032006200330034003400640034003700390035007d00000061000100000010000000040000007fff0400
Boot0001* grub HD(2,GPT,5758188c-330c-4b9b-a98f-e999cf7ec14e,0x109000,0xf9800)/\EFI\grub\grubx64.efi
Boot0002* ubuntu HD(1,GPT,f35fcaa5-ddbe-49dc-95ed-e6be2e5016fc,0x1000,0x96000)/\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi
Boot0003* Solus Linux Bootloader HD(1,GPT,3bccf0a6-d282-4f37-bc0e-1760c1bcaeae,0x800,0xf4800)/\EFI\com.solus-project\bootloaderx64.efi
Boot0004* opensuse-secureboot HD(1,GPT,989c0e84-410b-4da9-a089-427a380ba194,0x800,0xfa000)/\EFI\opensuse\shim.efi
Boot0005* debian HD(1,GPT,8795ca5b-6416-fe42-9a1b-3d9d19d83ded,0x1000,0x1dcd65)/\EFI\debian\shimx64.efi
Boot0006* void HD(1,MBR,0x47100c3d,0x800,0x1dcd65)/\EFI\void\grubx64.efi
Boot0007* pclinuxos HD(1,MBR,0x8158218d,0x800,0x200000)/\EFI\pclinuxos\grubx64.efi
Boot0008* Solid State Disk PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1d,0x4)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/NVMe(0x1,00-25-38-58-01-40-F1-74)/HD(2,GPT,5758188c-330c-4b9b-a98f-e999cf7ec14e,0x109000,0xf9800)0000424f
Boot0009* Slackware HD(1,GPT,c2928cd9-958c-4d44-86ea-ca1584314bea,0x800,0x1dd000)/\EFI\Slackware\elilo.efi
Boot9999* USB Drive (UEFI) PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1d,0x0)/USB(16,0)0000424f`

Let me know what to change or any other info you need.
Thanks
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