[MinnowBoard] no suitable video mode found booting in blind mode

Luca l.cappe at gmail.com
Thu May 21 12:19:45 UTC 2015


Hi,

i've only a 2A power supply, but the usb cdrom and the cable are ok. The
cdrom is powered from other external source.
I've tried also the a USB pen drive, but with the same result. I've also
tried with Debian netinst testing image.

Thanks,

Luca.

2015-05-21 13:32 GMT+02:00 Bill Traynor <btraynor at gmail.com>:

> I think this is typically caused when the system can't find settings
> on the boot device.  It could be a power issue. Make sure you are
> using a minimum 5V, 2.5A power supply or that your external usb cdrom
> uses it's own power supply.  Or, it could be that the USB cable
> connecting the external drive to the Max is faulty.
>
> Do you have a small USB thumb drive you can use to install using the
> Debian netinst image?  This method always works for me.
>
> On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 4:06 AM, Luca <l.cappe at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > i've just received my Minnowboard max, and i'm trying to install using
> > external usb cdrom with Debian 8 (and Debian 7).
> > I'm connected to the board with serial cable. I'm able to boot Debian,
> but
> > after selected the installation type (Text/Graphical) i've the output:
> "no
> > suitable video mode found booting in blind mode" and the install stop
> there.
> > I've updated the firmware to the last one. How can i solve it? Thanks,
> >
> > Luca.
> >
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