hi,
tried to boot from USB to install kicksecure as host system .
when i select the first boot option from grub
errors shown and nothing happen further .
some of these errors shown
wrong fs type
dracut-initqueue
dracut fatal failed to find a root filesystem
system halted
is there any chance to get it working or choose another option
if there is no fix , i can understand kicksecure is not supported nor compatible with my hardware unlike debian
Just morph Debian into Kicksecure. I installed Kicksecure host, but it seems to me that it needs to be improved - there are many minor bugs that are published on this forum. I installed Debian and then Kicksecure - it works great. I am very satisfied
What did you do?
Written the Kicksecure Live ISO and Installer to USB, booted it. That worked, I suppose?
Then you started the calamares installer and installed to internal disk?
Doesn’t seem like a hardware issue. Boot issue. But equally difficult to fix.
yest through gnome-disk-utility
i can boot from USB
Then you started the calamares installer and installed to internal disk?
No
the GRUB Boot Loader appears , but when i select kicksecure on top of grub blue screen then errors follows and hangs on black screen texts
Doesn’t seem like a hardware issue. Boot issue. But equally difficult to fix.
Never seen a linux distro that wont boot due to boot issue, this is related to kicksecure on its own IMO
correct as per docs
No stable version available for users yet: There is no ETA (estimated time of arrival) yet. Users who want a stable version should [choose another option instead.
you mean morph Debian are stable and bug free?
Could be.
To debug further, would require debugging dracut, which isn’t easy.
That means enabling verbose kernel messages, enabling debug mode in dracut.
There is How to debug Dracut problems - Fedora Project Wiki but these instructions might be too difficult for users to follow.
- Remove
rhgbandquietfrom the kernel command line
We’re not using rhgb but quiet.
“remove from kernel command line” also is quite of an assumption that users know how to do that. Even just removing quiet from kernel command line might help to show what is happening. Perhaps it is a hardware issue but that is not clear yet. Even it it is, it might be fixable with other kernel parameters.
Kernel Boot Parameter Change documents how to change kernel command line.
Next issue is, even after enabling the debug log, it needs to be transferred to USB so it can be copied into the forums for analysis.
Also not trivial and most users don’t have this kind of frustration tolerance so these issues remain unfixed until someone shows up who does.
That looks very hard for normal user
doesn’t matter but still very informative.
either dist-morph or best at VM the way to go.
Thanks anyway
While kicksecure is great, the only concern is compared to a standard, rolling release distro due to debian philosophy packages are outdated hence bad for keeping close to upstream and bad for security
Correct me if i am wrong
Only required are time and sufficient motivation. Difficulty is not the issue.