On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Bart-Jan Vrielink wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to use the latest beta of the Wheezy installer to get an OS on my > new Zenbook.
I also have a zenbook, so I ran into similar issues, but this was before EFI support was added. > I did this by DD'ing the netboot iso to an USB stick. This seems to work, I > can boot from this USB stick and start the installer. > > The first challenge I get is that my Wifi needs to load some firmware files. > There is a partition labeled Firmware that supposedly is for that, but no > matter what I try (either the .deb files, or the firmware files itself), > they do not get picked up. I've worked around this problem by using a wired > Ethernet connection instead. You actually have to copy the firmware files onto that partition yourself: http://wiki.debian.org/Firmware > The second challenge is getting a boot loader to work. I cannot find an > option in the BIOS to set it to "classic" mode, so it looks like I have to > go the EFI route. However, the installer only offers me to install grub-pc > and not grub-efi. Has anyone getting the installer to work with EFI? Exactly > what partitions should I have for this? At the end of the install (after grub-pc installed), I used one of the virtual consoles to install grub-efi-amd64, and essentially followed these steps: http://womble.decadent.org.uk/blog/installing-debian-gnulinux-and-windows-dual-boot-under-uefi.html Again, this was pre-EFI, so if these things aren't working in an automated fashion, you should really submit a bug report. Best wishes, Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CANTw=mmzzubudxf7h2uizvkrbk-+3+1gfhfoh4pdgmqgurt...@mail.gmail.com
