blendOS•4mo ago

legacy boot problem

when i try to boot in live mode this happens and stucks forever but when i boot in virtual machine, it boots perfectly. whats the problem??

9 Replies

Asterisk•4mo ago

Try the fallback initramfs Under advanced options if you see that

saderk89OP•4mo ago

how?

Asterisk•4mo ago

on the boot menu after you boot off of the USB I don't think it's available on the BIOS menu grub UEFI has it under Advanced

Denis•2w ago

I just had the same problem on an old Toshiba laptop. Here are the steps that got me to the graphical installer:

1. Boot the ISO.

2.1. Normal mode - "TAB" to edit the option.
     or
2.2. Grub2 mode - "e" to edit the grub configuration.

3. Add "systemd.unit=rescue.target" at the end of the ".../initramfs-linux.img" line.

4. When prompted, press "ENTER" to enter maintenance mode to boot to a terminal.

5. Load the gpu kernel driver: "modprobe nouveau" which is the open source nvidia driver required by my laptop gpu chipset. Make sure to pick the proper kernel driver for your chipset.

6. Enter "systemctl isolate graphical.target" to resume normal boot sequence.

1. Boot the ISO.

2.1. Normal mode - "TAB" to edit the option.
     or
2.2. Grub2 mode - "e" to edit the grub configuration.

3. Add "systemd.unit=rescue.target" at the end of the ".../initramfs-linux.img" line.

4. When prompted, press "ENTER" to enter maintenance mode to boot to a terminal.

5. Load the gpu kernel driver: "modprobe nouveau" which is the open source nvidia driver required by my laptop gpu chipset. Make sure to pick the proper kernel driver for your chipset.

6. Enter "systemctl isolate graphical.target" to resume normal boot sequence.

This should take you to the graphical user interface.

Asterisk•2w ago

though most gpus work with the proprietary driver and the new OSS driver is being worked on to replace nouveau

Denis•2w ago

My Toshiba P500 chipset is a GTX330M, last official nvidia driver supported is the 340.x which does not work with newer (5.x+) linux kernels, which is why fallbacking to the nouveau driver is required for it to work. I'm assuming the new OSS driver won't work for older hardware tho.

Asterisk•2w ago

we'll have to see but yeah probably not

autumn (CIPG)•2w ago

could maybe add an option to grub for nouveau? also i'm pretty sure the installer doesn't even have the fallback option when booting in a bios system i'll make a dev thread about it

Asterisk•2w ago

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