Debian on HP pavilion 15-ak085na

[samames]

So the hard drive on this machine failed and I have since replaced it with a SanDisk SSD. The SSD is working perfectly well but every time I turn on the machine I get a error either 3f0 or 3f1. The computer is telling me that either the hard drive is not found or there is no operating system on it. I have installed Debian yet this error persists.

I have turned off OS security, and activated Legacy OS in BIOS yet this problem is still persistent claiming that my hard drive is the problem when I know that is working OK because I have tested it on my Toshiba machine.

I am now at a loss as to what to do so please do help me.

Occasionally I can get the computer to boot to grub but after that I always get a kernel panic, but I guess that is an issue for another thread or forum...

Please do you help me set up my computer to launch straight into grub when powered on.

Thank you for reading and for any support,
Samuel.

Please note: I have also tried Ubuntu and have the same problem.

[pepe999]

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@samames wrote:
So the hard drive on this machine failed and I have since replaced it with a SanDisk SSD. The SSD is working perfectly well but every time I turn on the machine I get a error either 3f0 or 3f1. The computer is telling me that either the hard drive is not found or there is no operating system on it. I have installed Debian yet this error persists.

I have turned off OS security, and activated Legacy OS in BIOS yet this problem is still persistent claiming that my hard drive is the problem when I know that is working OK because I have tested it on my Toshiba machine.

I am now at a loss as to what to do so please do help me.

Occasionally I can get the computer to boot to grub but after that I always get a kernel panic, but I guess that is an issue for another thread or forum...

Please do you help me set up my computer to launch straight into grub when powered on.

Thank you for reading and for any support,
Samuel.

Please note: I have also tried Ubuntu and have the same problem.

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Hi,

A decent machine you have got. I have installed Debian on my Probook simply after disabling the Secure Boot (never enabled the legacy mode). Never had any issues with boot ever since. However, some EFIs are full of "bugs" and won't let you install anything on your computer except Windows.

[samames]

Which distribution of Debian did you use? Jessie? I will try disabling Legacy mode like you have said you have done, but I'm not especially hopeful that this will work because the problem is with the Smart check... surely someone from Hewlett-Packard will have the answer. Where are you Hewlett-Packard??

Thank you for your support my friend 🙂

[samames]

Bump: HP employees, please help! (Or somebody who knows the solution.

[pepe999]

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@samames wrote:
Which distribution of Debian did you use? Jessie? I will try disabling Legacy mode like you have said you have done, but I'm not especially hopeful that this will work because the problem is with the Smart check... surely someone from Hewlett-Packard will have the answer. Where are you Hewlett-Packard??

Thank you for your support my friend 🙂

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I have done a fresh install of Debian Jessie but it's not on an EFI laptop. The EFI/Windows 10 machine (ProBook) has a new SSD formatted to MBR and installed a fresh Sabayon linux (pure linux, no Windows) with KODI as a default app.

[samames]

https://youtu.be/BDYvx2Nrffk

This is what currently happens when I power on my machine

[pepe999]

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@samames wrote:
https://youtu.be/BDYvx2Nrffk

This is what currently happens when I power on my machine

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I can't see properly the settings in the BIOS/EFI but it doesn't boot from the live USB. The boot manager was looking for a file to load on a hard drive that shouldn't be even active. Live CD/USB runs from the memory.

My boot options:

Fast Boot

CD/ROM Boot

USB Device BOOT

Upgrade Bay Hard Drive Boot (have a hdd in the optical bay)

Customized Boot

Blanked but selected ADD

Secure boot configuration is blanked

Boot Mode - Legacy

UEFI Boot Blanked

Legacy Boot Order

Notebook Upgrade bay

Notebook Hard Drive (I'd put USB Hard Drive first)

USB Floppy

USB CD-ROM

USB Hard Drive

Ethernet

Dock

eSATA

Device Config

USB Legacy Mode/USB 3.0 enabled

SATA 6.0Gbps

SATA AHCI

With this I can boot from any live USB drive but make sure it has a boot flag (Check in Gparted).