Re: laptop installs
Op 28-08-2024 om 03:30 schreef Roy J. Tellason, Sr.:
In the case of two of the three laptops I have here to play with, it's simply a matter of telling it to boot off the DVD drive and then inserting the appropriate disc and going on from there. In the case of this other one, things get a little weird.
On powerup I see messages referring to PXE, which if I remember correctly involves booting off a network connection? There's "Media test failure, check cable" followed by "Exiting PXE ROM" and then I get "No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key.
The thing is, this machine doesn't have a DVD drive.
You could use an removable USB DVD drive, but I would prefer an USB stick.
What it does have is a couple of USB ports (two different color
connectors so I assume different speeds?). I am also assuming that
simply putting an iso file on to a USB stick won't quite do it.
You have to put it the right way on the stick, not as a regular file,
but as an image:
https://d-i.debian.org/manual/en.amd64/ch04s03.html
You can also use "dd".
dd if=debian.....iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4M status=progress; sync
With regards,
Paul
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