"Roy J. Tellason, Sr." writes:
> I don't think that I'd end up with the proper drivers if I did that...
Linux distributions usually ship with almost all drivers, some specific
ones might need an extra step to install. But I've never had a driver
issue with Debian when changing hardware of an ins
Op 28-08-2024 om 03:30 schreef Roy J. Tellason, Sr.:
In the case of two of the three laptops I have here to play with, it's simply
a matter of telling it to boot off the DVD drive and then inserting the
appropriate disc and going on from there. In the case of this other one,
things get a li
On Tuesday 27 August 2024 10:01:07 pm Andy Smith wrote:
> That is the correct way to deal with Debian's ISO images. Whether
> your BIOS supports booting from that is a bit hit and miss. It's
> worth a try as it works a lot of the time.
>
> Also look in the BIOS settings for boot order priority. If
On Tue 27 Aug 2024 at 21:42:22 (-0400), Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote:
> In the case of two of the three laptops I have here to play with, it's
> simply a matter of telling it to boot off the DVD drive and then inserting
> the appropriate disc and going on from there. In the case of this other one
On 8/27/24 21:42, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote:
The thing is, this machine doesn't have a DVD drive. What it does have
is a couple of USB ports (two different color connectors so I assume
different speeds?). I am also assuming that simply putting an iso file
on to a USB stick won't quite do it.
Hi,
On Tue, Aug 27, 2024 at 09:42:22PM -0400, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote:
> On powerup I see messages referring to PXE, which if I remember
> correctly involves booting off a network connection?
Yes. You can almost certainly disable this feature in the BIOS
settings if it bothers you. Typically
Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote:
> In the case of two of the three laptops I have here to play with, it's
> simply a matter of telling it to boot off the DVD drive and then inserting
> the appropriate disc and going on from there. In the case of this other one,
> things get a little weird.
>
> O
On Tue, 27 Aug 2024 21:42:22 -0400
"Roy J. Tellason, Sr." wrote:
> The thing is, this machine doesn't have a DVD drive. What it does
> have is a couple of USB ports (two different color connectors so I
> assume different speeds?).
Correct. Usually blue is USB 3.x, black 2.x. I also have a yell
In the case of two of the three laptops I have here to play with, it's simply
a matter of telling it to boot off the DVD drive and then inserting the
appropriate disc and going on from there. In the case of this other one,
things get a little weird.
On powerup I see messages referring to PXE
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