[Lincoln LUG] Booting from USB on a Dell XPS 13

[Kevin Hall]

I agree that the usb stick might be the problem.

However, you could try the following:

If it has a DVD drive or you can get a USB external DVD drive, download 
and burn the .iso

Test the usb stick on a "normal" machine to see if it boots and then 
just exit the install

Check the BIOS again for anything USB related and see if there is any 
entry which enables/disables booting from usb although common sense 
suggests that if it is on the menu, it should be enabled

Regards

Kevin

On 22/05/13 08:53, Jon Gibbins.com wrote:
> How odd. That sounds more like a duff installer than a laptop issue to 
> me (although I'm open to being wrong).
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> On 21 May 2013 22:31, Dave Briggs <dave at kindofdigital.com 
> <mailto:dave at kindofdigital.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi John
>
>     I've just tried that. I disabled secure boot, and enabled legacy.
>
>     Rebooted and held down F12 to choose where to boot from and chose
>     my USB stick. It then came up with an 'Operating System not found'
>     message.
>
>     Dave
>
>
>     On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 10:08 PM, Jon Gibbins.com
>     <email at jongibbins.com <mailto:email at jongibbins.com>> wrote:
>
>         Howdy.
>
>         On a Dell I had my hands on a few weeks back you had to boot
>         into the EFI or whatever they've called it and enable legacy
>         BIOS mode. That should give you the option to call up a good
>         olde fashioned boot menu when the PC boots.
>
>         Hopefully this will help, let me know how you get on.
>
>         Jon
>
>         On 21 May 2013 21:59, "Dave Briggs" <dave at kindofdigital.com
>         <mailto:dave at kindofdigital.com>> wrote:
>
>             Hi all
>
>             My XPS 13 arrived today. Sadly not the 'Sputnik' developer
>             edition with Ubuntu pre-installed (it wasn't available on
>             the UK Dell website), but Windows 8 instead. Had a brief
>             play with W8, and it's the dog everyone says it is!
>
>             Anyway, I've got the latest 64 bit Ubuntu on a USB stick
>             but am struggling to get the machine to boot from the USB.
>             I found some instructions here
>
>             http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/os-applications/f/4613/t/19501016.aspx
>
>             But some of the labels used don't match my machine and I
>             am very nervous about BIOS fiddling!
>
>             I don't want to keep Windows, so none of the issues about
>             dual booting effect me, but equally I don't want to brick
>             my brand new laptop!
>
>             Anyone know of any really easy to follow instructions, or
>             happy to talk me through it?
>
>             TIA
>
>             Dave
>
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