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.
> > Typically you'd tap away at F12 after turning it on, and that would
> > give you a one-time menu for where to boot from.
>
> [ … ]
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> Neither do the BIOS screens include the flash device.
>
> Boot Sequence
>
> [X] UEFI ST500LM034....
>
> (+) Add Boot Option
>
> I have searched with Google without success. The BIOS of this machine
> offers an order of magnitude more options than does the BIOS of other
> Dell machines. Regrettably, many of the parameters are not
> explained.
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)
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.
Cheers,
David.
