Bug#1035477: installation-reports: grub or kernel of D-I image hangs on Thinkpad X13s after "EFI stub: Exiting boot services..."

[Emanuele Rocca <ema@debian.org>]

Hi Axel,

On 2023-10-10 01:45, Axel Beckert wrote:
> I tried that, installer ran through fine, grub boots from disk after
> installation, kernel loads initramfs and then falls into the initramfs
> prompt and fractions of a second later (sometimes even beforehand) the
> whole screen goes black and then nothing helps then pressing the power
> button for about 10 seconds.

This sounds like you might have missed the wiki step "Add qnoc-sc8280xp
module to initramfs":
https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Thinkpad/X13s

> And I can easily install tons of packages when I boot from the
> installer USB stick into the rescue mode and chroot into the
> installation on disk.

OK then once you chroot into the installed system you should be able to
check if qnoc-sc8280xp is in /etc/initramfs-tools/modules. If not,

 echo qnoc-sc8280xp >> /etc/initramfs-tools/modules
 update-initramfs -u -k all

To triple-check that the needed module is in there:

 zstdcat /initrd.img | cpio -itv | grep qnoc-sc8280xp.ko

In any case, the daily netinst image should now work! There's no need to
manually copy any firmware and similar shenanigans. If you have the
time, please follow the InstallingDebianOn/Thinkpad/X13s page again from
the begingging to the end (quite a few things have changed) and let me
know if that works for you.

Thanks,
  Emanuele