Hi list,
I'm building my new system and I'm wishing to install Debian on it.
It's reasonably new and the motherboard has this UEFI thing that
pisses lots of people around. I'm no exception.
I tried to install Debian Wheezy with a USB key, using the 'dd' way
but, even trying different versions of the installer, I always got a
"Insert boot media" message when trying to boot from the USB with (at
least in theory) Debian installer on it.
I have a laptop with Ubuntu installed and could manage to make a USB
startup disk with its own utility (in the same key as I tried to put
Debian on) and it boots OK and even lets me install Ubuntu 12.10 with
no problems and boots in just 15 seconds (it is installed on a SSD drive).
I read about the new Debian 7 installer solving some issues with UEFI
hardware, but I think the problem of not booting the installer relies
on the 'dd way' of setting up the USB key, because Ubuntu's tool at
the end installs a bootloader and a persistent partition if you wish.
Anybody has any tip on how to correctly make a USB install working
(booting, at least) on a UEFI motherboard*? Any issues with the
current installer to take into account with UEFI, partition tables and
so on?
Many thanks in advance for your time!
Kind regards,
Fran
* the motherboard itself is an Asrock Z77 Extreme4-M, with no
possibility of getting a BIOS 'downgrade'.