Installing GRUB for Debian on Precision 7920

Question

Hello,

I am trying to use a Dell Precision 7920 Rack server to install Xen Project. I am at the beginning stages, where I am supposed to install Debian (I'm installing 10.6.0). The installation from CD seems to complete successfully, including installing GRUB.

However when rebooting the machine, I do not get an option to boot into GRUB, and all other boot options fail except for boot to CD if I re-insert the installation CD for Debian.

I have selected UEFI boot and disabled Secure Boot in BIOS. I can't seem to find any information on installing GRUB on 7920s. If anyone could help point me in the right direction, even just search terms that I should be using, or just tell me if this is not possible on my server, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

DELL-Stefan R · Accepted Answer

Hi.

Not all operating systems are supported on all systems, so you might be using an unsupported os here.

You can find the supported operating systems here: https://dell.to/2IJ04or

I see:

Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat® Linux 7.3
Red Hat® Linux 7.5
Red Hat® Workstation 7.3
Ubuntu® 16.04
Ubuntu® 18.04 LTS
Windows 10, 64-bit
Windows 7, 64-bit

Maybe this is the reason for not booting.

So, you might consider using a supported OS instead of the unsupported.

Let me know if you have similar issues with a supported os.

Best regards,
Stefan

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Installing GRUB for Debian on Precision 7920

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