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

[Luca]

Hi,

the firmware is 64bit version,then following
http://www.elinux.org/Minnowboard:MinnowMaxDistros the OS should be x64
version.
The boot args is a good point, and tonight i will try.

Thanks,

Luca.

2015-05-22 4:26 GMT+02:00 John Hawley <john.hawley at intel.com>:

> As a general note, I happened to see the " no suitable video mode found
> booting in blind mode" something just before I came home.
>
> Several things to check, beyond what Bill is suggesting on the firmware
> (and making the assumption that you are attempting to install via serial
> and text mode, as you had suggested).
>
> - Make sure that the kernel boot args includes `console=ttyS0,115200n8`
> (though the n8 is optional, it's still useful to double check).
>
> - Double check and see if there's something like `quiet` on the kernel
> boot args line, if it's there I would suggest removing it as that should
> get you a lot more useful information.  (on Fedora there's also
> something called `rhgb`, it's possible there's something similar.  If
> you see something about `plymouth` I'd recommend deleting that too.)
>
> If you haven't tried those, that's a good place to start, if you have -
> is there any way you can copy/paste the serial console output, that
> might be helpful, as well as the kernel boot line.
>
> - John 'Warthog9' Hawley
>
> On 5/21/2015 5:06 PM, Bill Traynor wrote:
> > On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 6:38 PM, Ken Tait <ktait at venturesystemdesign.com>
> wrote:
> >> I see you flashed this with an amd64 image..I don't think this is
> right...I
> >> don't think an AMD image will run on this...
> >
> > The AMD64 image is the image you want for a stock Minnowboard MAX as
> > it comes with a 64 bit bios.  If you changed the bios to 32 bit, then
> > you want the 32 bit image.
> >
> > See here:  http://elinux.org/Minnowboard:MaxBios#32-bit_vs._64-bit_UEFI
> >
> >>
> >> Also the partition label of MAC can't be right, perhaps it thinks there
> is
> >> no swap space..
> >> Can you see a kernel layout on this or is it just the EFI bootloader?
> >>
> >> Also I remember some discussion on whether the efi was a 32 bit or 64
> bit
> >> version, had to be the same as the disti??
> >> what does ver say?
> >>
> >> Did you try a straight up 32 bit version.
> >>
> >> Other than that, drive looks ok. Make sure there is a/boot/efi
> entry.... if
> >> so, mount to this and try loading what's there...
> >> there has to be a boot manager on the driver to work.
> >>
> >> There are a couple of other things that can cause it to fail.
> >> There is a FAST BOOT option in the shell that is usually the default,
> this
> >> needs to be disabled as it can prevent the USB from being seen.
> >> Also the Windows Fast Startup needs to be disabled if this shell has it,
> >> this is not the same as fast boot switch.
> >>
> >> Ken
> >>
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