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

Sun May 26 21:11:04 UTC 2013

Excellent work! What was the problem?
On 26 May 2013 21:57, "Dave Briggs" <dave at kindofdigital.com> wrote:

> Ignore me! I've done it!
>
>
> On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 8:28 PM, Dave Briggs <dave at kindofdigital.com>wrote:
>
>> 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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