Bug 27640

Summary:	Non-UEFI Netinstall (NonFree) fails immediately - ldlinux.c32 not found
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Frank Griffin <ftg>
Component:	Installer	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	lewyssmith, ouaurelien
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Description Frank Griffin 2020-11-21 01:00:09 CET

As it says.  A UEFI install from the same ISO on the same machine works fine.

Comment 1 Aurelien Oudelet 2020-11-26 16:55:41 CET

Hi,

Can you provide the path to ISO that do that?

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO
CC: (none) => ouaurelien

Comment 2 Lewis Smith 2020-11-26 19:45:18 CET

Also, Frank, ca

CC: (none) => lewyssmith

Comment 3 Lewis Smith 2020-11-26 19:52:36 CET

[Interrupted by a spurious keystroke...]

Frank, please say something about the system. It looks to be an EFI/GPT one:
"A UEFI install from the same ISO on the same machine works fine"
If so, what is the problem? Are you messing with an MBR disc (EFI/MBR)? If so, why? Or worse, using some MBR/BIOS compatability mode. These are never good ideas.

Comment 4 Aurelien Oudelet 2020-12-21 16:55:14 CET

New Beta 2 iso were released on 2020-Dec-08.
Should this be tested with updated one?

Again, if this reproduce, please attach here the output from a working Linux OS of the following command as user:
$ inxi -F > ./system-info.txt

Comment 5 Frank Griffin 2020-12-28 22:12:08 CET

Sorry, this fell through the cracks.  I've been doing a lot of reinstalls lately and I can't be sure exactly which machine was involved.  IIRC it was an Asus which recognized that the MGA netinstall disk could go as either UEFI or non-UEFI.

I'll close this as INVALID, and reopen it with a (much) better description if I run into it again.  The latest machine I'm installing won't even use a non-UEFI boot.

Comment 6 Aurelien Oudelet 2020-12-29 11:39:52 CET

(In reply to Frank Griffin from comment #5)
> Sorry, this fell through the cracks.  I've been doing a lot of reinstalls
> lately and I can't be sure exactly which machine was involved.  IIRC it was
> an Asus which recognized that the MGA netinstall disk could go as either
> UEFI or non-UEFI.
> 
> I'll close this as INVALID, and reopen it with a (much) better description
> if I run into it again.  The latest machine I'm installing won't even use a
> non-UEFI boot.

Please  do ;) Thanks for feedback.
Feel free to reopen if any new details.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => INVALID
Keywords: NEEDINFO => (none)