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Alex Schroeder

I can plug in a USB stick with a Debian installer on it, and move around in the menus. As soon as I boot the system and the disk is accessed (?) the laptop shuts down. What the hell.

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Alex Schroeder

I wonder whether this is a borked (unintended) hibernation…

Alex Schroeder

Here’s a video of how it looks when the laptop attempts to boot and crashes.
https://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2023-11-31-boot.mov

Alex Schroeder

Current status: installing Debian on an old MacBook Pro so I’m not laptopless.

Alex Schroeder

Update on the current laptop situation: @deshipu opened it up, looked it over with the binoculars and applied the sysadmin touches and … and he found a lose screw wedged into a corner of the laptop's innards so that it wouldn't rattle and betray itself. We recovered the screw, located an empty place that looked like it might be missing a screw, put it all back together, and it worked!
And then we switched the disks of PowerBook Pro and Purism laptops. I'm writing this message from the laptop I feared was toast!

Alex Schroeder

Oh, and for no reason at all… Today is backup day!

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