Re: UEFI install

2014-04-23 Thread Corey Blair
; Corey Blair ; debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Wednesday, 23 April 2014, 12:07 Subject: Re: UEFI install On 23.04.2014 14:57, Theodore Alcapotaxis wrote: >> - Original Message - >> From: Steve McIntyre >> Sent: 04/23/14 10:25 PM >> To: Corey Blair >

Re: UEFI install

2014-04-23 Thread Corey Blair
I downloaded debian-7.4.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso and then used unetbootin to make a bootable USB flash drive from it. I changed UEFI boot to legacy mode and booted off the UEFI USB. The installer runs fine, but I have trouble loading the components from "cd-rom", so I execute a shell and mount /dev/

UEFI install

2014-04-17 Thread Corey Blair
I got a new laptop without a CD/DVD drive and am trying to install off a USB image and either dual boot my pre-installed windows 8.1 or just wipe and use strictly Debian. I get all the way to the point of installing GRUB and it fails. I've read that this may have something to do with the disk