On Wed, 27 May 2026 14:03:27 -0700 Paul Scott <[email protected]> wrote:
> I followed some recent online instructions to put what I thought was > an iso of testing on a stick and inserted the stick into the new > laptop. You didn't specify which instructions you followed. I suggest you start with the Debian Installation Guide. I will guess that you want AMD64. https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual I don't believe there is a Guide for testing yet. In any case, I doubt there are any great differences between testing and stable right now. > > The laptop has Windows 11 with room on the SSD drive for Debian. See 6.3.7.1. Detecting other operating systems in the Guide. https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch06s03.en.html#di-make-bootable > > When I restart and select USB I get a grub prompt. I haven't figured > a command to do the install from there. I don't know what that USB stick has on it, but it isn't the Debian netinst DVD image. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
