Re: Unable to Install Stretch on Laptop, not Loading iwlwifi
On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 08:28:14AM +0300, moxalt wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 12:21:16 -0700 (PDT), ray <ray@aarden.us> wrote:
>
> > The above reference was for the 'free' version. I have not been able to get
> > the non-free to boot. I have wiped the Win OS and now it just says no
> > bootable device. So I will write to another stick and see it that works.
>
> This seems very strange- if you are able to get the free version to boot you
> should be able to get the non-free ISO to boot as well. They are identical,
> save the inclusion of non-free firmware.
>
> The 'no bootable device' message- does this occur when you select the hard
> drive as the boot device, or the USB? The hard drive is understandable (since
> there is no longer a boot loader or operating system on it) but this really
> should not happen with the USB. Can you describe your BIOS settings to us?
> UEFI, Secure Boot, CSM, that sort of thing.
>
> I would also recommend you prepare the boot device with Rufus. It is by far the
> best USB ISO writer for Windows. Pity you don't have access to a UNIX box with
> dd...
I've successfully used Win32DiskImager. I even provide a link:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager
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