Trying to install on Dell OptiPlex 3060 Mini

I'm trying to install on a Dell OptiPlex 3060 Mini and having some issues. I've read here on the forum that the issue has something to do with the boot loader. After I do an install the boot loader does not recognized the Debian boot option (trying my best to explain what is going on).

This thread says that I need to fix the boot loader and I'm trying to follow along.

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OMV6 Boot Device Note Found after Clean Install

Well after about 5 years on OMV5 one of my data disks died and after the data recovery, I decided to do a clean install of OMV6 on the system SSD

Unplugged all the drives except the main system drive and installed from USB using the download image. After the installation when asked to reboot, I remove the USB drive and reboot only to find No Boot Device Found Press Any Key to reboot

My system is a Dell T30 server and the system disk is a Samsung 960 evo on SATA 0. No other SATA devices are…

aamans

Apr 17th 2023

I was able to use SuperGrub2 to get into OMV (something I was pretty proud of myself to figure out). Now when I follow the steps

1. Once OMV is booted, run dpkg-reconfigure grub-efi-amd64 as root and choose "Yes" when prompted with

I do not get the Yes prompt but told that grub-efi-amd64 is not installed. OK, we are now WAY outside of my wheel house on getting this to work. I'd like to say I'm pretty handy, but I'm now over my skis. What should I do now? I tried to figure this one out on my own, but now I'm going to need the big guns to help me out HAHAHAHA!

I've not been able to figure this out but I wanted to at least try to test. I was able to install Ubuntu Server without a problem. Again, this does not fix my problem but does prove the the system does work. Before trying to install OMV I had Proxmox installed which I also had done. I guess it has to do with how the boot loader gets setup? I'm not sure how to fix something like this.

Quote from ryecoaaron

Install Debian from a netinst .iso and then install OMV using the script.

https://wiki.omv-extras.org/do…7:alternate_amd64_install

No luck. I still end up with the same issue and that is the boot loader is not recognized and I cannot boot up.

It has something to do with how Debian sets up the boot loader. From what I've been reading I need to figure out how to change this around. If I boot off of a USB and load SuperGrub it sees the Debian loader and I can load into the OMV system. So it's all there and installed on the drive, I just can't boot up into it. I can install Ubuntu just fine on the machine so I know everything is working ok.

The problem with legacy is there is no HD option. Legacy on this machine only offers things like USB, CD, and Disk but not HD. Disk is not a hard disk. But I'll check again.

I checked again to confirm and hard drives are not an option when in legacy mode. From what I have read it has to do with the boot loader. I wish it would be as easy as just changing to legacy because it would be saving me and others a lot of wasted time.

I ended up passing on this right now. I was able to install Ubuntu Server on this machine and will mess around with that until I grab a small machine that can take the OMV install. Possibly one of those Lenovo Mini machines? I don't have the space for another large machine and need more power than a Pi.