Re: dell latitude 3510 - bios settings to boot debian netinst

["Russell L. Harris" <russell@rlharris.org>]

On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 09:27:39AM -0600, David Wright wrote:
> On Fri 20 Jan 2023 at 05:23:06 (+0000), Russell L. Harris wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 10:18:33PM -0600, David Wright wrote:
> > > On Fri 20 Jan 2023 at 03:43:09 (+0000), Russell L. Harris wrote:
> > > > I have not figured out how to configure the BIOS of a Dell Latitude
> > > > 3510 to cause it to see and boot from a Debian netinst image (Debian
> > > > 11) written to USB flash (8Gbyte Patriot).
> BTW you don't say whether you've ever booted it from any kind of stick.

The machine was a gift; this is my first experience with a laptop of
recent manufacture. 

> The Service Manual latitude-3510-sm-en-us.pdf (p88/9) says
>  ??? Enable USB Boot Support - Allows the system to boot
>    from an external USB device (Enabled by default)
>  ??? Enable External USB Ports - Allows the user to enable
>    or disable the USB ports on the computer (Enabled by
>    default)

I checked those.

> Page 87 (p89/90 also relevant) explains that you can turn on booting
> from an mSD card.
>
> It's worth trying a variety of sticks, and in every available port,
> lest it's USB2/3, or just some other inexplicable incompatibility.
> I've had laptops showing that behaviour.

This flash stick has booted other machines.

mSD sounds promising.

RLH