Dell XPS 14 - Can't Boot from USB Image [Solved]

skip · 2013-09-17 20:37:10

I bought a new Dell XPS 14. This model only has an Intel HD 4000 graphics chip. This is currently a UEFI system, as I would like to try and keep the Win8 installation it came with intact if possible.

I dd'ed the latest Archiso image (2013-09) to a USB stick and rebooted. When booting I press F12 to go to the BIOS Boot Option menu and the USB drive is listed. When I select that I get the initial Archiso boot menu asking if I want to boot the image or enter the UEFI shell etc. When I select to boot the image the screen goes blank and it seems like there is no further activity. I initially thought it was an issue with the video as listen here https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Be … t_problems but I tried every option and the results are the same. If I pressed the power button the machine shuts down immediately so it seems like nothing has booted from the USB drive at all.

I burnt an Ubuntu image to the USB drive and that booted to desktop with no problem.

There seem to threads with similar issues but no definite solution.

I also tried to select the UEFI shell but for both option v1/v2 I got an error message displayed. Not sure if that's indicative of something wrong.

Last edited by skip (2013-09-19 07:41:38)

skip · 2013-09-17 21:05:05

I switched my BIOS to legacy and it booted the archiso image. Would prefer to keep it UEFI to keep the Windows 8 installation.

jasonwryan · 2013-09-17 21:17:27

Did you follow the wiki instructions for correctly preparing a UEFI bootable image?

skip · 2013-09-17 21:20:14

I was under the impression that the image was now unified and no further steps were needed? I guess I was incorrect...

skip · 2013-09-18 11:33:12

I followed the instructions in the wiki to create a UEFI bootable USB image and the same thing occurs.

skip · 2013-09-19 07:07:47

If I boot archiso in legacy mode but install the system as if it was UEFI can I then switch back to booting in UEFI mode afterwards?

jasonwryan · 2013-09-19 07:11:29

No, you need to boot in UEFI mode (or, if your BIOS supports it, compatability mode) to do a UEFI install.

You have disabled secure boot, right?

skip · 2013-09-19 07:34:44

Secure Boot is disabled.

I found a thread on the archbang site where someone is having the same issue with the same laptop. He said previous versions of archiso worked. I downloaded the 201308 dual iso and it booted in UEFI mode!

jasonwryan · 2013-09-19 07:39:37

Nice. Please remember to mark your thread as [Solved] by editing your first post and prepending it to the title...

skip · 2013-09-19 07:42:05

Should I file a bug report about this?

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Dell XPS 14 - Can't Boot from USB Image [Solved]

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