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

Sun May 26 19:29:29 UTC 2013

Hi guys

OK, so having done all the BIOS and UEFI wrngling I can, I'm now not sure
that's the issue!

When I tried my Ubuntu USB stick in another machine, a Win 7 device that's
a few years old and has 'normal' BIOS, I still got the 'no operating system
message'. So maybe the ISO I used was knackered or had no boot loader on it.

So, I tried:

 - re-downloading latest Ubuntu and trying again with same stick and
different stick - no dice on either machine
 - using the LTS version, on two sticks and both machines - same result
 - using the 'sputnik' ISO for this particular machine, both sticks - same
result
 - using the latest debian, both sticks, both machines, same result

I'm using unetbootin on a mac to create the USB sticks - not had a problem
before doing this.

Not used a CD with a USB CD drive yet as can't get my hands on a drive this
weekend.

Any thoughts? This is doing my head in.

Dave

On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Kevin Hall <kevin_hall at ntlworld.com> wrote:

>  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> 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>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> 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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