Re: can not boot netinstall iso on none uefi machine

[Karol <karcio@disroot.org>]

Hi Steve
Thnx for response.

Well normally I use dd to make usb bootable. Today I have tried the same image but I was on Windows machine (different machine). Used Balena Etcher and I was able to boot installer.
The same image ,  same usb, same laptop.


I used the same dd like you suggest here https://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#write-usb

Regards

On 23 April 2023 00:28:50 GMT+01:00, Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> wrote:

Hi!

On Sat, Apr 22, 2023 at 08:18:23PM +0000, karcio wrote:
Hi

Trying to boot from usb where I did dd debian-11.6.0-amd64-netinst.iso.

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Is there any way to install debian on none uefi machine?

Yes - that exact image was tested booting both via UEFI and BIOS mode.

I have dell xps15z L502

As far as I can see, that's a machine from ~2011? It should boot the
installer from USB fine. How are you trying to boot?