incorrect installation

Eugene Grosbein eugen at grosbein.net
Sun May 31 03:34:13 UTC 2020


21.05.2020 8:23, Donald Wilde wrote:

> The installation -- whole disk, AUTO, GPT, all options selected --
> downloads everything and appears to match all checksums and complete
> successfully but when I reboot, it goes immediately into the PXE boot,
> failing with no DHCP success. I've tried both Legacy and UEFI BIOS
> mode and it refuses to recognize the hard drive and installation
> either way.

It seems your BIOS does not boot OS from GPT normally.
Try using MBR partitioning instead with Legacy mode.
And/or apply BIOS/UEFI firmware updates, if any.

You could also try 11.4-RC2 image as it contains come compatibility fixes for booting issues like yours.




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