I found that there is already a Task in the PureOS Tracker:
mentioning this. I think I can confirm all the cases. Unfortunately, the task is assigned to “None”.
Going back in the forums, I realized that the old laptop was installed using PureOS 2.1:
Booting to “failsafe mode” from LiveUSB-System results in the message
Probing EDD (edd=off to disable)… ok
and then it takes a while till one gets to the PureOS screen, and the situation is like before.
Is there a possibility to install from a different installer? Or I can see if I find my LiveUSB-System for PureOS2.1 and try that…