Hi. I’ve done clean installations of Manjaro on a Dell Inspiron laptop and a IBM Surface Go quite successfully. This was a few years ago and I’m still using them. After doing some research, I’d like to move on to EOS. I’ve created an ISO USB thumb drive using Rufus of EOS_202502 to try on a new Dell XPS 8960. I’ve made changes so that the computer will boot from the USB and I’ve disabled Secure Boot. I want to see if EOS runs ok on this machine. If it does, I’d like to go ahead and do a clean install. Unfortunately, the system still boots to Windows 11. It totally ignores the USB. I know the USB (EOS_202502) works because I’ve tried it on the Surface Go and got it to boot and come up with EOS. I would really appreciate any pointers. Thanks.
And when you hit F12 during boot. Is the usb drive shown in the boot menu?
Hi moxdrox. Thanks for your reply. I use F2, actually. This is what the boot menu shows:
Boot List Option [UEFI]
File Browser Add Boot Option
File Browser Del Boot Option
Boot Option Priorities
Boot Optionn #1 [Onboard NIC (IPV4 PXE)]
Boot Optionn #2 [Onboard NIC (IPV6 PXE)]
Boot Optionn #3 [Windows Boot Manager]
Some Dell devices have issues with certain USB sticks, specifically if they have long names (internal, not the name you give it) or serial numbers.
See this post for a similar issue.
I’d recommend trying a different USB stick if possible.
Thanks TheRaOct. I’ll give that a try. At the moment I’m trying, so far unsuccessfully, to find out how to get a USB stick’s internal name. The one I’m using is a Sandisk Cruzer.
I’m not a fan of using Rufus. But, that’s your choice. From Windows I would prefer to use etcher.
Thanks ricklinux. The thing is, I was able to use the thumb drive to boot on the Surface Go. So the problem might not be with Rufus. But I’ll give etcher a go after I’ve tried TheRaOct’s suggestion about using a different USB stick. I’m away for the weekend and won’t be back till Monday. I’ll try the suggestions then.
I accidentally clicked the solution button. Sorry. Problem not yet solved.
No luck. I’ve tried with a Kingston and an HP thumb drive using Imagewriter. Same result. I can use them to boot the Surface Pro but the XPS 8960 does not see them. I’m not sure if there’s anything else I need to enable or disable in the boot menu.
seems a general problem with the device… In that thread suggesting:
I was able to get this to work. I had to plug the USB into the ports on the back of the MOBO specifically the ones with power symbols next to them. Then I also spammed f12 in the boot sequence. It wouldnt come up from the boot menu in bios
it only have other suggestions on the exact way to get it to use the USB:
fully power off and repeatedly pressing F12 while early booting.
But i would suggest checking all the settings in the Bios too, i saw strange things in them before…
Thanks joekamprad. Wow! My hair is visibly greying just reading those comments. I’ll try those suggestions tomorrow when I have more time because I need to keep at it without interruptions.
yea same here
All systems go. I was finally able to get the XPS to boot from the USB. My bad. I was pressing F2 instead of F12. They both give almost identical screens but the F12 gives the option of booting from the USB drive. Thank you all for the helpful suggestions. I’ve done a clean install of EOS. I think “clean” is the appropriate word.
This is submitted from the XPS running EOS.
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