Re: Captive laptop
On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 08:14:48AM -0800, Schlacta, Christ wrote: On Feb 28, 2014 7:59 AM, Lennart Sorensen lsore...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca wrote: On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 07:41:39AM -0700, R Edwards wrote: Hello, I have a persistent problem and I was hoping that the Debian install discs would solve it. I have a new laptop with Windows 8 on it (was purchased for the hardware) and Windows is holding it prisoner. I am unable to install any other Operating system on it whatsoever including Debian 7.4 that I downloaded from this site. It will not allow the 'test' with no files installed or the full installation. I am not exactly a computer newbie but have only 'new' level of linux background. I have tried six different OS packages from two or three different devices for installs and all have failed. Windows 8 will not let any install. Any chance you have an ISO that will produce a dvd disc that can be bootable from a bare harddrive. The 7.4 version I downloaded gets an 'invalid media' message and I have tried more than one copy/download/version with the same results. In the attempt to run from dvd without installing files, get a 'try compatibility settings' message that always fails. I am apparently not the only one with this problem. Please help. I NEED my computer without the Windows garbage taking control of it. I am even willing to pay for a 'guaranteed' installation disc but I try it before I pay as I feel Windows will defeat all comers at this point. Looking forward to being proved wrong! When I bought the laptop, I never dreamed that it would take months to attempt to get Windows off of it and still be failing. I feel like billing Microsoft for taking my laptop prisoner but that would get me as far as this installation is gettingnowhere. If you download the installer (say DVD-1 iso or netinstall iso) and then burn it as an image to the DVD: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows7/burn-a-cd-or-dvd-from-an-iso-file So windows can do that apparently. It should then be bootable, but of course you have to tell the BIOS/EFI/whatever you have, to boot from the DVD drive. You may also have to disable secure boot. (1) Disabling secure boot is apparently something you can do from within Windows. (2) Does the laptop have and an intel processor? Or an ARM processor? If it's an ARM processor you'd have to use the appropriate ARM version of Linux. But you're probably still be out of luck -- some time ago Microsoft announced that Windows 8 on an ARM processor will be totally locked down. As far as I know that hasn't been cracked yet. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140305164917.ga14...@topoi.pooq.com
Captive laptop
Hello, I have a persistent problem and I was hoping that the Debian install discs would solve it. I have a new laptop with Windows 8 on it (was purchased for the hardware) and Windows is holding it prisoner. I am unable to install any other Operating system on it whatsoever including Debian 7.4 that I downloaded from this site. It will not allow the 'test' with no files installed or the full installation. I am not exactly a computer newbie but have only 'new' level of linux background. I have tried six different OS packages from two or three different devices for installs and all have failed. Windows 8 will not let any install. Any chance you have an ISO that will produce a dvd disc that can be bootable from a bare harddrive. The 7.4 version I downloaded gets an 'invalid media' message and I have tried more than one copy/download/version with the same results. In the attempt to run from dvd without installing files, get a 'try compatibility settings' message that always fails. I am apparently not the only one with this problem. Please help. I NEED my computer without the Windows garbage taking control of it. I am even willing to pay for a 'guaranteed' installation disc but I try it before I pay as I feel Windows will defeat all comers at this point. Looking forward to being proved wrong! When I bought the laptop, I never dreamed that it would take months to attempt to get Windows off of it and still be failing. I feel like billing Microsoft for taking my laptop prisoner but that would get me as far as this installation is gettingnowhere. R. Edwards Desperate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/592820025.971060.1393598499933.JavaMail.root@cds045
Re: Captive laptop
On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 07:41:39AM -0700, R Edwards wrote: Hello, I have a persistent problem and I was hoping that the Debian install discs would solve it. I have a new laptop with Windows 8 on it (was purchased for the hardware) and Windows is holding it prisoner. I am unable to install any other Operating system on it whatsoever including Debian 7.4 that I downloaded from this site. It will not allow the 'test' with no files installed or the full installation. I am not exactly a computer newbie but have only 'new' level of linux background. I have tried six different OS packages from two or three different devices for installs and all have failed. Windows 8 will not let any install. Any chance you have an ISO that will produce a dvd disc that can be bootable from a bare harddrive. The 7.4 version I downloaded gets an 'invalid media' message and I have tried more than one copy/download/version with the same results. In the attempt to run from dvd without installing files, get a 'try compatibility settings' message that always fails. I am apparently not the only one with this problem. Please help. I NEED my computer without the Windows garbage taking control of it. I am even willing to pay for a 'guaranteed' installation disc but I try it before I pay as I feel Windows will defeat all comers at this point. Looking forward to being proved wrong! When I bought the laptop, I never dreamed that it would take months to attempt to get Windows off of it and still be failing. I feel like billing Microsoft for taking my laptop prisoner but that would get me as far as this installation is gettingnowhere. If you download the installer (say DVD-1 iso or netinstall iso) and then burn it as an image to the DVD: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows7/burn-a-cd-or-dvd-from-an-iso-file So windows can do that apparently. It should then be bootable, but of course you have to tell the BIOS/EFI/whatever you have, to boot from the DVD drive. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140228155022.gq17...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca
Re: Captive laptop
On Feb 28, 2014 7:59 AM, Lennart Sorensen lsore...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca wrote: On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 07:41:39AM -0700, R Edwards wrote: Hello, I have a persistent problem and I was hoping that the Debian install discs would solve it. I have a new laptop with Windows 8 on it (was purchased for the hardware) and Windows is holding it prisoner. I am unable to install any other Operating system on it whatsoever including Debian 7.4 that I downloaded from this site. It will not allow the 'test' with no files installed or the full installation. I am not exactly a computer newbie but have only 'new' level of linux background. I have tried six different OS packages from two or three different devices for installs and all have failed. Windows 8 will not let any install. Any chance you have an ISO that will produce a dvd disc that can be bootable from a bare harddrive. The 7.4 version I downloaded gets an 'invalid media' message and I have tried more than one copy/download/version with the same results. In the attempt to run from dvd without installing files, get a 'try compatibility settings' message that always fails. I am apparently not the only one with this problem. Please help. I NEED my computer without the Windows garbage taking control of it. I am even willing to pay for a 'guaranteed' installation disc but I try it before I pay as I feel Windows will defeat all comers at this point. Looking forward to being proved wrong! When I bought the laptop, I never dreamed that it would take months to attempt to get Windows off of it and still be failing. I feel like billing Microsoft for taking my laptop prisoner but that would get me as far as this installation is gettingnowhere. If you download the installer (say DVD-1 iso or netinstall iso) and then burn it as an image to the DVD: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows7/burn-a-cd-or-dvd-from-an-iso-file So windows can do that apparently. It should then be bootable, but of course you have to tell the BIOS/EFI/whatever you have, to boot from the DVD drive. You may also have to disable secure boot. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140228155022.gq17...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca
