Hi Charles, On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 08:49:54AM -0700, Charles Chambers wrote: > > >Package: installation-reports > >Boot method: <DVD boot> >Image version: Debian-9.0.0-amd64-DVD-1 >Date: <7/3/17 @ 06:00> > >Machine: <Dell Optiplex 620 midtower> >Processor: Dual Pentium 3.00 ghz >Memory: 2gb >Partitions: </dev/sda1 root filesystem; /dev/sdb1 swap partition> >Base System Installation Checklist: >[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it > > >Initial boot: [ E] > >I'm still attempting an offline installation. I'm connecting up a // Gear Head >8X DVD Mobile Slim External Drive 8XDVDEXT // to an installed system, cycling >the drive to insert the first DVD, and then connecting the USB DVD drive to the >target computer and attempting to boot the computer to the USB Device. > >It worked fine on the earlier versions of Debian 8.x. Now, the drive reads the >DVD, but doesn't recognize it as bootable media. The computer doesn't give me >the option to boot to USB Device.
Is your computer set up to boot via BIOS or UEFI? If the latter, have you disabled Secure Boot? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "... the premise [is] that privacy is about hiding a wrong. It's not. Privacy is an inherent human right, and a requirement for maintaining the human condition with dignity and respect." -- Bruce Schneier