Re: How to get rid of M10

2016-08-10 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 10/08/2016 à 01:28, Mark Fletcher a écrit : On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 12:19 AM Pascal Hambourg wrote: Le 09/08/2016 à 15:35, Mark Fletcher a écrit : 2) The partition table layout needs to be right for UEFI, and what works for an MBR boot won't work for UEFI. I'm not sure I understand wha

Re: How to get rid of M10

2016-08-09 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 12:19 AM Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 09/08/2016 à 15:35, Mark Fletcher a écrit : > > > The Debian install media can boot and/or install in UEFI or legacy BIOS > > ("MBR") mode. > > BIOS, legacy or CSM mode. MBR is only the disk sector. EFI boot also > uses an MBR. It just

Re: How to get rid of M10

2016-08-09 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 09/08/2016 à 15:35, Mark Fletcher a écrit : it isn't necessary to disable UEFI to get Debian to install / boot. Sometimes is it, due to unworkable UEFI firmware bugs. I've been hit by a couple of them, notably graphic issues. probably time to get used to UEFI, so as not to get a nasty

Re: How to get rid of M10

2016-08-09 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 09 August 2016 14:35:05 Mark Fletcher wrote: > By all means disable "secure boot", > that you will have to do, but it isn't necessary to disable UEFI to get > Debian to install / boot. I would echo this. You leave yourself far more optiosn into teh future if oyu just disable secure bo

Re: How to get rid of M10

2016-08-09 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 8:02 AM Karol Augustin wrote: > On 2016-08-08 23:12, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > > I have an acer aspire XC-704G with windows 10 on it. I changed the > > BIOS to boot from CD/DVD but all I get is a message to put a boot > > device in and reboot. It will not recognize the bo

Re: How to get rid of M10

2016-08-08 Thread Thiago Zoroastro
Oh, even. Em Segunda-feira, 8 de Agosto de 2016 20:03, Karol Augustin escreveu: On 2016-08-08 23:12, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > I have an acer aspire XC-704G with windows 10 on it.  I changed the > BIOS to boot from CD/DVD but all I get is a message to put a boot > device in and reboot. 

Re: How to get rid of M10

2016-08-08 Thread Karol Augustin
On 2016-08-08 23:12, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > I have an acer aspire XC-704G with windows 10 on it. I changed the > BIOS to boot from CD/DVD but all I get is a message to put a boot > device in and reboot. It will not recognize the bootable DVD with > Debian on it. What else do I need to do to g

Re: How to get rid of M10

2016-08-08 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 08 August 2016 23:48:26 Eero Volotinen wrote: > You possibly need to disable secure boot from bios settings. Probably. Lisi > > Eero > > 9.8.2016 1.45 ap. "Maureen L Thomas" kirjoitti: > > I have an acer aspire XC-704G with windows 10 on it. I changed the BIOS > > to boot from CD/DVD

Re: How to get rid of M10

2016-08-08 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 08 August 2016 23:12:32 Maureen L Thomas wrote: > I have an acer aspire XC-704G with windows 10 on it. I changed the BIOS > to boot from CD/DVD but all I get is a message to put a boot device in > and reboot. It will not recognize the bootable DVD with Debian on it. > What else do I nee

Re: How to get rid of M10

2016-08-08 Thread Eero Volotinen
You possibly need to disable secure boot from bios settings. Eero 9.8.2016 1.45 ap. "Maureen L Thomas" kirjoitti: > I have an acer aspire XC-704G with windows 10 on it. I changed the BIOS > to boot from CD/DVD but all I get is a message to put a boot device in and > reboot. It will not recogn

Re: How to get rid of M10

2016-08-08 Thread Thiago Zoroastro
Maybe using pendrive and booting his Notebook's USB port. See what the priority boot devices must be, ensuring yourself if it's CD/DVD ROM to boot him. Try some Debian-based and Ubuntu-based GNU/Linux operating systems if you can. Em Segunda-feira, 8 de Agosto de 2016 19:21, Maureen L Th

How to get rid of M10

2016-08-08 Thread Maureen L Thomas
I have an acer aspire XC-704G with windows 10 on it. I changed the BIOS to boot from CD/DVD but all I get is a message to put a boot device in and reboot. It will not recognize the bootable DVD with Debian on it. What else do I need to do to get rid of 10 and put Debian on it? Thanks for yo