SOLVED: UEFI unable to recognize F27/A11 media
Posted: Sun May 31, 2020 2:59 pm
I replaced my old motherboard (was from an old Acer desktop, Aspire X-3400) with a new ASRock J4105-ITX motherboard and at the same time installed a small 30GB SSD to hold the OS. I had previously downloaded the following files (linked from Amahi 11 install page):
Amahi-11-x86_64.iso
Fedora-Server-netinst-x86_64-27-1.6.iso
Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-27-1.6.iso
I had previously burned the iso files to DVD and all had worked on my old configuration. When I attempted to use on my new hardware which has no provisions for booting in a legacy mode, uefi only none of these DVD's would load the system. The DVD would come up and give me the start of the install and I was able to select the load Fedora 27 or load Amahi 11 line and after that I got no response from the system and after waiting for up to 30 minutes there was no change observed. I then took the same iso files and using Fedora Media Writer made a bootable USB stick with each of these files and upon loading achieved the same results as with the DVD's. At this point I downloaded an iso of the current Fedora 32 server to see if that would load. Both the DVD and the USB stick loaded with no problems. Although I can load Fedora 32 I know that it is not recommended to run Amahi 11 so I currently have my HDA offline.
I can only make the assumption that the iso files provided on the Amahi 11 install page have a problem which makes installation on a machine with only UEFI a problem. Is their a work around for this or is it possible to run Amahi 11 under Fedora 32 as it will load? I don't really want to go and get another motherboard as it's getting harder to find a cheap one to keep the cost down without having to different hardware to support a motherboard change.
Amahi-11-x86_64.iso
Fedora-Server-netinst-x86_64-27-1.6.iso
Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-27-1.6.iso
I had previously burned the iso files to DVD and all had worked on my old configuration. When I attempted to use on my new hardware which has no provisions for booting in a legacy mode, uefi only none of these DVD's would load the system. The DVD would come up and give me the start of the install and I was able to select the load Fedora 27 or load Amahi 11 line and after that I got no response from the system and after waiting for up to 30 minutes there was no change observed. I then took the same iso files and using Fedora Media Writer made a bootable USB stick with each of these files and upon loading achieved the same results as with the DVD's. At this point I downloaded an iso of the current Fedora 32 server to see if that would load. Both the DVD and the USB stick loaded with no problems. Although I can load Fedora 32 I know that it is not recommended to run Amahi 11 so I currently have my HDA offline.
I can only make the assumption that the iso files provided on the Amahi 11 install page have a problem which makes installation on a machine with only UEFI a problem. Is their a work around for this or is it possible to run Amahi 11 under Fedora 32 as it will load? I don't really want to go and get another motherboard as it's getting harder to find a cheap one to keep the cost down without having to different hardware to support a motherboard change.