Re: Problem installing Debian on Dell XPS 13 9360 laptop

2021-02-14 Thread Bernard McNeill
On 13/02/2021 23:08, Steve McIntyre wrote: On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 10:38:03PM +, Bernard McNeill wrote: Bernard McNeill wrote (Sat, 13 Feb 2021 19:45:27 +): The installation appears to go fine. The installer creates a new entry 'Debian' in the boot list. Machine rebooted, pressing F

Re: Problem installing Debian on Dell XPS 13 9360 laptop

2021-02-14 Thread Bernard McNeill
On 13/02/2021 23:08, Steve McIntyre wrote: On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 10:38:03PM +, Bernard McNeill wrote: Bernard McNeill wrote (Sat, 13 Feb 2021 19:45:27 +): The installation appears to go fine. The installer creates a new entry 'Debian' in the boot list. Machine rebooted, pressing F

Re: Problem installing Debian on Dell XPS 13 9360 laptop

2021-02-13 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 10:38:03PM +, Bernard McNeill wrote: >> Bernard McNeill wrote (Sat, 13 Feb 2021 19:45:27 >> +): >> > The installation appears to go fine. >> > The installer creates a new entry 'Debian' in the boot list. >> > Machine rebooted, pressing F12 to get into one-time boot

Re: Problem installing Debian on Dell XPS 13 9360 laptop

2021-02-13 Thread Bernard McNeill
On 13/02/2021 21:43, Holger Wansing wrote: Hi, Bernard McNeill wrote (Sat, 13 Feb 2021 19:45:27 +): The installation appears to go fine. The installer creates a new entry 'Debian' in the boot list. Machine rebooted, pressing F12 to get into one-time boot option. Choice is 'Debian', or '

Re: Problem installing Debian on Dell XPS 13 9360 laptop

2021-02-13 Thread Holger Wansing
Hi, Bernard McNeill wrote (Sat, 13 Feb 2021 19:45:27 +): > The installation appears to go fine. > The installer creates a new entry 'Debian' in the boot list. > Machine rebooted, pressing F12 to get into one-time boot option. > Choice is 'Debian', or 'Windows Boot Manager'. > Take option 'Deb

Re: Problem installing Debian on Dell XPS 13 9360 laptop

2021-02-13 Thread Bernard McNeill
On 13/02/2021 19:08, Holger Wansing wrote: Hi, Bernard McNeill wrote (Sat, 13 Feb 2021 18:24:35 +): And there was a difference: This time, when the partitioner came up, it could see the internal SSD (previously it didn't, just showed the external HDD and the installer flash drive). I h

Re: Problem installing Debian on Dell XPS 13 9360 laptop

2021-02-13 Thread Holger Wansing
Hi, Bernard McNeill wrote (Sat, 13 Feb 2021 18:24:35 +): > And there was a difference: This time, when the partitioner came up, it > could see the internal SSD (previously it didn't, just showed the > external HDD and the installer flash drive). > > I have no idea why this should be, but c

Re: Problem installing Debian on Dell XPS 13 9360 laptop

2021-02-13 Thread Bernard McNeill
On 10/02/2021 10:11, Bernard McNeill wrote: On 08/02/2021 23:06, Lou Poppler wrote: On Mon, 2021-02-08 at 22:59 +, Bernard McNeill wrote: On 08/02/2021 22:44, Lou Poppler wrote: On Mon, 2021-02-08 at 22:26 +, Bernard McNeill wrote: [...] I have one SSD (which has Win-10 on it),

Re: Problem installing Debian on Dell XPS 13 9360 laptop

2021-02-10 Thread Bernard McNeill
On 08/02/2021 23:06, Lou Poppler wrote: On Mon, 2021-02-08 at 22:59 +, Bernard McNeill wrote: On 08/02/2021 22:44, Lou Poppler wrote: On Mon, 2021-02-08 at 22:26 +, Bernard McNeill wrote: [...] I have one SSD (which has Win-10 on it), there is no other disk (spinning or otherwise)

Re: Problem installing Debian on Dell XPS 13 9360 laptop

2021-02-09 Thread Bernard McNeill
On 09/02/2021 00:43, Lou Poppler wrote: On Mon, 2021-02-08 at 22:59 +, Bernard McNeill wrote: But, as I think I mentioned earlier, I am very reluctant indeed to mess around with Windows itself. I have backed up the user data, but I am not at all sure how to re-install Windows itself. If

Re: Problem installing Debian on Dell XPS 13 9360 laptop

2021-02-08 Thread Lou Poppler
On Mon, 2021-02-08 at 22:59 +, Bernard McNeill wrote: > > But, as I think I mentioned earlier, I am very reluctant indeed to mess > around with Windows itself. > I have backed up the user data, but I am not at all sure how to > re-install Windows itself. If the machine failed I suspect I wo

Re: Problem installing Debian on Dell XPS 13 9360 laptop

2021-02-08 Thread Lou Poppler
On Mon, 2021-02-08 at 22:59 +, Bernard McNeill wrote: > > On 08/02/2021 22:44, Lou Poppler wrote: > > On Mon, 2021-02-08 at 22:26 +, Bernard McNeill wrote: > > [...] > > > I have one SSD (which has Win-10 on it), there is no other disk > > > (spinning or otherwise) on the machine. > > > Th

Re: Problem installing Debian on Dell XPS 13 9360 laptop

2021-02-08 Thread Bernard McNeill
On 08/02/2021 22:44, Lou Poppler wrote: On Mon, 2021-02-08 at 22:26 +, Bernard McNeill wrote: [...] I have one SSD (which has Win-10 on it), there is no other disk (spinning or otherwise) on the machine. The BIOS System Information says 'M.2. SATA =(none)' and 'M.2. PCIe SSD-0=87NB51ASK5H

Re: Problem installing Debian on Dell XPS 13 9360 laptop

2021-02-08 Thread Lou Poppler
On Mon, 2021-02-08 at 22:26 +, Bernard McNeill wrote: [...] > I have one SSD (which has Win-10 on it), there is no other disk > (spinning or otherwise) on the machine. > The BIOS System Information says 'M.2. SATA =(none)' > and 'M.2. PCIe SSD-0=87NB51ASK5HS'. > However: Under BIOS System Conf

Re: Problem installing Debian on Dell XPS 13 9360 laptop

2021-02-08 Thread Lou Poppler
On Mon, 2021-02-08 at 22:26 +, Bernard McNeill wrote: > > On 08/02/2021 21:57, Lou Poppler wrote: > > On Mon, 2021-02-08 at 20:47 +, Bernard McNeill wrote: > > > > > > On 08/02/2021 20:33, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > > > > Bernard McNeill (2021-02-08): > > > > > It says to 'Change the SATA

Re: Problem installing Debian on Dell XPS 13 9360 laptop

2021-02-08 Thread Bernard McNeill
On 08/02/2021 22:08, Lou Poppler wrote: On Mon, 2021-02-08 at 14:57 -0700, Lou Poppler wrote: See https://www.dell.com/community/XPS/Pros-Cons-AHCI-vs-Raid-On-XPS13-9300-NVMe/td-p/7636984 Reading more on that page looks like you should not change the setting unless you are prepared to re-

Re: Problem installing Debian on Dell XPS 13 9360 laptop

2021-02-08 Thread Bernard McNeill
On 08/02/2021 21:57, Lou Poppler wrote: On Mon, 2021-02-08 at 20:47 +, Bernard McNeill wrote: On 08/02/2021 20:33, Cyril Brulebois wrote: Bernard McNeill (2021-02-08): It says to 'Change the SATA from RAID On to AHCI, without this change Linux will not find SSD'. Questions: 1. To me,

Re: Problem installing Debian on Dell XPS 13 9360 laptop

2021-02-08 Thread Lou Poppler
On Mon, 2021-02-08 at 14:57 -0700, Lou Poppler wrote: > > See > https://www.dell.com/community/XPS/Pros-Cons-AHCI-vs-Raid-On-XPS13-9300-NVMe/td-p/7636984 > Reading more on that page looks like you should not change the setting unless you are prepared to re-install your Windows; but also looks li

Re: Problem installing Debian on Dell XPS 13 9360 laptop

2021-02-08 Thread Lou Poppler
On Mon, 2021-02-08 at 20:47 +, Bernard McNeill wrote: > > On 08/02/2021 20:33, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > > Bernard McNeill (2021-02-08): > > > It says to 'Change the SATA from RAID On to AHCI, without this change > > > Linux > > > will not find SSD'. > > > Questions: 1. To me, SATA is a refer

Re: Problem installing Debian on Dell XPS 13 9360 laptop

2021-02-08 Thread Lou Poppler
On Mon, 2021-02-08 at 20:07 +, Bernard McNeill wrote: [...] > I was planning the re-install, and came across this page: > https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Dell/Dell_XPS_13_9360 > > It says to 'Change the SATA from RAID On to AHCI, without this change > Linux will not find SSD'. > Qu

Re: Problem installing Debian on Dell XPS 13 9360 laptop

2021-02-08 Thread Bernard McNeill
On 08/02/2021 20:33, Cyril Brulebois wrote: Bernard McNeill (2021-02-08): It says to 'Change the SATA from RAID On to AHCI, without this change Linux will not find SSD'. Questions: 1. To me, SATA is a reference to HDD, no internal HDD on my copy of this model - so not relevant

Re: Problem installing Debian on Dell XPS 13 9360 laptop

2021-02-08 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Bernard McNeill (2021-02-08): > It says to 'Change the SATA from RAID On to AHCI, without this change Linux > will not find SSD'. > Questions: 1. To me, SATA is a reference to HDD, no internal HDD on my > copy of this model - so not relevant ? Used for almost anything really, HDD, S

Re: Problem installing Debian on Dell XPS 13 9360 laptop

2021-02-08 Thread Bernard McNeill
On 08/02/2021 17:03, Lou Poppler wrote: On Mon, 2021-02-08 at 11:46 +, Bernard McNeill wrote: On 07/02/2021 22:26, Lou Poppler wrote: On Sun, 2021-02-07 at 15:14 -0700, Lou Poppler wrote: On Sun, 2021-02-07 at 20:44 +, Bernard McNeill wrote: [...] Trial-1. Reboot, no attempt to

Re: Problem installing Debian on Dell XPS 13 9360 laptop

2021-02-08 Thread Lou Poppler
On Mon, 2021-02-08 at 11:46 +, Bernard McNeill wrote: > > On 07/02/2021 22:26, Lou Poppler wrote: > > On Sun, 2021-02-07 at 15:14 -0700, Lou Poppler wrote: > > > On Sun, 2021-02-07 at 20:44 +, Bernard McNeill wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > Trial-1. Reboot, no attempt to use F12. > > > >

Re: Problem installing Debian on Dell XPS 13 9360 laptop

2021-02-08 Thread Bernard McNeill
On 07/02/2021 22:26, Lou Poppler wrote: On Sun, 2021-02-07 at 15:14 -0700, Lou Poppler wrote: On Sun, 2021-02-07 at 20:44 +, Bernard McNeill wrote: [...] Trial-1. Reboot, no attempt to use F12. Boots directly into Windows. [...] See install manual https://www.debian.org/releases

Re: Problem installing Debian on Dell XPS 13 9360 laptop

2021-02-07 Thread Bernard McNeill
On 06/02/2021 16:42, Lou Poppler wrote: On Fri, 2021-02-05 at 20:05 +, Bernard McNeill wrote: This machine does not have either CD or DVD drive. Does have internal SSD. This machine normally runs Windows-10. Objective is to have Debian on external HDD (Toshiba), connected to laptop via US

Re: Problem installing Debian on Dell XPS 13 9360 laptop

2021-02-06 Thread Lou Poppler
On Fri, 2021-02-05 at 20:05 +, Bernard McNeill wrote: > This machine does not have either CD or DVD drive. Does have internal SSD. > This machine normally runs Windows-10. > Objective is to have Debian on external HDD (Toshiba), connected to > laptop via USB3. > > Events: > Under Windows, dow

Re: Problem installing Debian on Dell XPS 13 9360 laptop

2021-02-06 Thread Holger Wansing
Hi, Bernard McNeill wrote: > This machine does not have either CD or DVD drive. Does have internal SSD. > This machine normally runs Windows-10. > Objective is to have Debian on external HDD (Toshiba), connected to > laptop via USB3. > > Events: > Under Windows, downloaded iso to SSD. > Win32di

Re: Problem installing Debian on Dell XPS 13 9360 laptop

2021-02-06 Thread Geert Stappers
On Fri, Feb 05, 2021 at 10:32:44PM +, Bernard McNeill wrote: > On Fri, Feb 05, 2021 at 08:05:22PM +, Bernard McNeill wrote: > > This machine does not have either CD or DVD drive. Does have internal SSD. > > This machine normally runs Windows-10. > > Objective is to have Debian on external H

Re: Problem installing Debian on Dell XPS 13 9360 laptop

2021-02-05 Thread Bernard McNeill
Is there any chance this is related to Bug #981666? Best regards

Problem installing Debian on Dell XPS 13 9360 laptop

2021-02-05 Thread Bernard McNeill
This machine does not have either CD or DVD drive. Does have internal SSD. This machine normally runs Windows-10. Objective is to have Debian on external HDD (Toshiba), connected to laptop via USB3. Events: Under Windows, downloaded iso to SSD. Win32diskimage from SSD to HDD. Restarted, F12, pi