🐛 ALL BUGS RELATED TO BOOTABLE INSTALLER ON 14.X AND 15.X REPORT HERE

[hmtheboy154]

Because we start to use the bootable installer as the default method, we created this issue to gather all the bugs related to it here. If you encounter any issue, please :

• Describe EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID from the moment you choose Installation to the moment the bug happen. This is to make sure we can reproduce the bug.
• Get /tmp/log file if you can. This contain the behaviour of the installer.
  ** You can plug another USB in, mount it and then copy the log file. Or mount a partition on your PC and copy the log to it
• You can attach a video of the whole process.

Please help us getting the info if you have a bug so we can fix and make the installer as much stable as possible. Thank you.

If you are on BlissOS 16.x and later, report the bug here : BlissOS/bug_reports#11

[selffinSModder]

The installer was stuck on ''Detecting Android-x86...'' and the dots were going infinitely. I tried using grub2 mode too, but it did not work. As for /tmp/log, I am not sure where the file can be found. The installer just does not boot.

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[hmtheboy154]

The installer was stuck on ''Detecting Android-x86...'' and the dots were going infinitely. I tried using grub2 mode too, but it did not work. As for /tmp/log, I am not sure where the file can be found. The installer just does not boot.

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Flash the USB with Etcher, we don't support Ventoy right now, make an issue there if you want to boot with Ventoy

[selffinSModder]

It works with Etcher! One machine can now boot the installer.

[anony05]

Hi, I am trying to install Bliss OS 15.9.x Linux-Surface Patch on a Surface Go 2, used diskpart on windows to first clean and empty internal emmc on Surface Go and converted it to GPT, I then used Rufus to write Bliss OS on a USB and choose GPT partition scheme, I booted from the USB and Chose auto install to specified hard disk, and choose the internal disk, I refused the OTA Update option and it installed to disk, But when I reboot, It shows "no bootable device found".
If I boot from usb and try to live boot, it gets stuck with Bliss ASCII art on the screen.

I have installed Bliss OS 15.8.6 before and had to convert internal and boot disk to GPT to make it work which is why I followed the same method, let me know if I am doing something wrong here.

[hmtheboy154]

Hi, I am trying to install Bliss OS 15.9.x Linux-Surface Patch on a Surface Go 2, used diskpart on windows to first clean and empty internal emmc on Surface Go and converted it to GPT, I then used Rufus to write Bliss OS on a USB and choose GPT partition scheme, I booted from the USB and Chose auto install to specified hard disk, and choose the internal disk, I refused the OTA Update option and it installed to disk, But when I reboot, It shows "no bootable device found". If I boot from usb and try to live boot, it gets stuck with Bliss ASCII art on the screen.

I have installed Bliss OS 15.8.6 before and had to convert internal and boot disk to GPT to make it work which is why I followed the same method, let me know if I am doing something wrong here.

Try manual install , our Auto Install is pretty broken right now

[anony05]

I booted from Bliss OS 15.9.x Usb again and Choose manual install, selected the EFI and OS partitions and after install it still shows "No Bootable Device", I choose the grub2Efi Bootloader.

I will try again with the rEfind loader and see what happens
Edit: Shows the same "No Bootable Device" with rEfind too. :(

[anony05]

Bliss OS 15.8.6 Installs and Boots perfectly, Unfortunately, It does not have surface Patches, While Bliss OS 15.9.x Does not even get to the Boot animation, is there a way to get linux-surface patches on 15.8.6? or some way to fix the bugs in 15.9.x?

[Bitsauger]

Same here on a Shuttle X50v6:
I used BlissOS 15.8.6 and created the needed partitions before I installed it and it worked.
Now I tried to update to 15.9 and it broke the bootloader...
I tried to complete new install with reformatting all partitions and it doesn't work "no boot option to boot to". Seems like it skips the installation of grub.
Cleaned the entire disk and created the partitions in "diskpart" as I did in 15.8.6... but in 15.9. wont install grub.

If I boot from USB again, it is possible to boot from "hd0" and access the already installed BlissOS.

How could I manually install grub to boot to BlossOS15.9?

[anony05]

Same here on a Shuttle X50v6: I used BlissOS 15.8.6 and created the needed partitions before I installed it and it worked. Now I tried to update to 15.9 and it broke the bootloader... I tried to complete new install with reformatting all partitions and it doesn't work "no boot option to boot to". Seems like it skips the installation of grub. Cleaned the entire disk and created the partitions in "diskpart" as I did in 15.8.6... but in 15.9. wont install grub.

If I boot from USB again, it is possible to boot from "hd0" and access the already installed BlissOS.

How could I manually install grub to boot to BlossOS15.9?

I think I understand the problem now, the Bliss OS 15.9 Does not install grub. While reinstalling and installing it over and over I did come to a point where i could boot into Bliss OS 15.9, but it was rEfind not grub and it did work properly, but I couldn't boot into Bliss OS 15.9 because of another Surface Bug, and if I boot with Debug Mode it was really Laggy.

Bliss OS seems like the only android x86 Distro that could work well on my Surface so waiting for any developments on this.

[Bitsauger]

I've found a very weird solution for this...

No guarantee, I try to remember what I've done:
Install 15.8.6 (with working grub) from scratch - fresh formated or empty disk.
Install 15.9 over 15.8.6 (normal install) with skipping grub install.

Try to boot: It will error, that android-2023-07-.... does'nt exist...
In Grub change to "DEBUGGING" and edit "e" the DEBUG mode grub boot parameters and change everything to BlissOS "15.9" and "android-2024-01-14"

Now you can use this doc to edit the Listings in the Boot menu:
https://docs.blissos.org/knowledgebase/troubleshooting/edit-grub-from-bliss-install/
Not everything works, but in the android.cfg you can change the BlissOS from "15.8.6" to "15.9".

Further you can enter the folder /mnt/"your_EFI_volume"/BlissOS/grub.cfg and edit the grub.cfg

In the grub.cfg you can edit the path from android-2023-07... to android-2024-01-14

safe and exit, then
reboot -f

BlissOS should now boot to 15.9 - mine does.