Re: UEFI install

2014-04-23 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
Corey, If you don't like to use unetbootin, you could try one of the following: 1. pendrivelinux (url: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/) 2. rufus (url: http://rufus.akeo.ie/) Both are free and open-source and they don't need to be installed on Windows. Which version of Windows are you using? and i

Re: UEFI install

2014-04-23 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 12:50:57PM -0700, Corey Blair wrote: > >So I can just do a file copy in Windows of the .iso to the thumb >drive?  Not actually extracting the iso image?  I will try that later >tonite, but also seems odd to me that it would work.  No, copying the file directly from Windows

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 Jeremy T. Bouse
On 23.04.2014 14:57, Theodore Alcapotaxis wrote: - Original Message - From: Steve McIntyre Sent: 04/23/14 10:25 PM To: Corey Blair Subject: Re: UEFI install Gah, yet another person using unetbootin. It's responsible for a lot of problem reports we're seeing these days. It

Re: UEFI install

2014-04-23 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> - Original Message - > From: Steve McIntyre > Sent: 04/23/14 10:25 PM > To: Corey Blair > Subject: Re: UEFI install > Gah, yet another person using unetbootin. It's responsible for a lot of > problem reports we're seeing these days. It's totally unn

Re: UEFI install

2014-04-23 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> - Original Message - > From: Corey Blair > Sent: 04/23/14 10:11 PM > To: Steve McIntyre > Subject: Re: UEFI install > > 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 legac

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/

Re: UEFI install

2014-04-23 Thread Steve McIntyre
Hi Corey, On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 07:11:45AM -0700, Corey Blair wrote: >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 lo

Re: UEFI install

2014-04-23 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> Corey wrote: > 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. If you don't mind me asking: what is the brand and model of your new laptop? Before wiping your hard d

Re: UEFI install

2014-04-23 Thread Steve McIntyre
Corey wrote: > >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 t

Re: UEFI install

2014-04-19 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 07:16:56PM -0300, André Nunes Batista wrote: > On Fri, 2014-04-18 at 10:19 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > > On 18/04/14 12:33 AM, Corey Blair wrote: > > > 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-install

Re: UEFI install

2014-04-18 Thread André Nunes Batista
On Fri, 2014-04-18 at 10:19 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > On 18/04/14 12:33 AM, Corey Blair wrote: > > 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

Re: UEFI install

2014-04-18 Thread Gary Dale
On 18/04/14 12:33 AM, Corey Blair wrote: 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 th

Re: UEFI install

2012-11-30 Thread Erwan David
On 28/11/12 03:21, Cody Smith wrote: > I've had this issue in Ubuntu, and found the most reliable way is to use > a UEFI Boot MANAGER (not Boot Loader) or put the EFI Shell Intel has > provided onto a flash drive this way: > > /boot/efi/bootx64.efi t

Re: Re: UEFI install

2012-11-27 Thread Cody Smith
I've had this issue in Ubuntu, and found the most reliable way is to use a UEFI Boot MANAGER (not Boot Loader) or put the EFI Shell Intel has provided onto a flash drive this way: /boot/efi/bootx64.efi

Re: UEFI install

2012-11-27 Thread Erwan David
On 27/11/12 21:06, Simon Brandmair wrote: > On 27/11/2012 20:50 Erwan David wrote: > >> I got a new Lenovo T530, I added a SSD as second disk, and now have a >> win7, UEFI boot on MBR partitionned sdb disk. >> >> I tried latest beta installer for wheezy (beta4), but it could not boot >> in UEFI mod

Re: UEFI install

2012-11-27 Thread Erwan David
On 27/11/12 21:16, Jon Dowland wrote: > On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 08:47:47PM +0100, Erwan David wrote: >> I got a new Lenovo T530, I added a SSD as second disk, and now have a >> win7, UEFI boot on MBR partitionned sdb disk. >> >> I tried latest beta installer for wheezy (beta4), but it could not boo

Re: UEFI install

2012-11-27 Thread Jon Dowland
On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 08:47:47PM +0100, Erwan David wrote: > I got a new Lenovo T530, I added a SSD as second disk, and now have a > win7, UEFI boot on MBR partitionned sdb disk. > > I tried latest beta installer for wheezy (beta4), but it could not boot > in UEFI mode > > (I got a text menu wr

Re: UEFI install

2012-11-27 Thread Simon Brandmair
On 27/11/2012 20:50 Erwan David wrote: > I got a new Lenovo T530, I added a SSD as second disk, and now have a > win7, UEFI boot on MBR partitionned sdb disk. > > I tried latest beta installer for wheezy (beta4), but it could not boot > in UEFI mode > > (I got a text menu writtent on the right of

Re: UEFI install

2012-08-12 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Please quote instead of top-post. Am Freitag, 10. August 2012 schrieb Jerome BENOIT: > On 10/08/12 11:17, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > Am Donnerstag, 9. August 2012 schrieb Greg Madden: > >> On Thursday 09 August 2012 4:37:05 am L V Gandhi wrote: > >>> On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 9:58 AM, Gary Dale

Re: UEFI install (was: Re: Squeeze install in ultrabooks with SSD and HDD)

2012-08-12 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Samstag, 11. August 2012 schrieb Greg Madden: > Not sure about all the: > > - GPT + UEFI > > - MBR + UEFI > > - GPT + BIOS > > I just installed Wheezy and it seemed to install just like any other > install I have done. Ah, so you are not sure its using UEFI at all? Do you have grub-pc or gr

Re: UEFI install (was: Re: Squeeze install in ultrabooks with SSD and HDD)

2012-08-11 Thread L V Gandhi
On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Greg Madden wrote: > > > On Friday 10 August 2012 1:17:16 am Martin Steigerwald wrote: >> Am Donnerstag, 9. August 2012 schrieb Greg Madden: >> > On Thursday 09 August 2012 4:37:05 am L V Gandhi wrote: >> > > On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 9:58 AM, Gary Dale wrote: >> >

Re: UEFI install (was: Re: Squeeze install in ultrabooks with SSD and HDD)

2012-08-11 Thread Greg Madden
On Friday 10 August 2012 1:17:16 am Martin Steigerwald wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 9. August 2012 schrieb Greg Madden: > > On Thursday 09 August 2012 4:37:05 am L V Gandhi wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 9:58 AM, Gary Dale wrote: > > > > On 08/08/12 08:48 PM, L V Gandhi wrote: > > > >> Has any o

Re: UEFI install

2012-08-10 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Have you tried with Wheezy ? On 10/08/12 11:17, Martin Steigerwald wrote: Am Donnerstag, 9. August 2012 schrieb Greg Madden: On Thursday 09 August 2012 4:37:05 am L V Gandhi wrote: On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 9:58 AM, Gary Dale wrote: On 08/08/12 08:48 PM, L V Gandhi wrote: Has any one installed