From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1S3NSM-0006fE-IW for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:03:14 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 268FEE099B; Fri, 2 Mar 2012 08:03:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f181.google.com (mail-we0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82AD1E098E for ; Fri, 2 Mar 2012 08:01:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by werm13 with SMTP id m13so1026348wer.40 for ; Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:01:47 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=+4r+OFnzT55g5h1+9NXjRkzp6owvbXDf8CuYeyvP0+Q=; b=DYcYysmXhqS2Pfxk/H5R4BqQVGJ3OzpdGtusxR1411PqiW35NUAk/B3FL/iskDY4eQ +NU7TZRhXPzIqp7aBuqy5ArXwgBZKkkKbNJhhxSxV5FzX6lF8UQEErgtmoLepgMcjKnL wXfvVJb20jEkfRhlHsqTinswZy0XPmzmZBU36Fv+zwgRe+jpDI7dM8VfZ3t8gPZTgaN2 ECJTeNa+gw2p/vM5SLHIZB+knU+9ClqXBICFRa2DZPr9CzNhGrJkqtmtfdeKOXQzK1Dd ZyQ43GHAOEPAaejLUfbhy4xCeCjnz+Q6BLYARtasSIRrVkRTpT2iANVvhVlEPhTx/Qko Y4GQ== Received: by 10.180.84.170 with SMTP id a10mr2131797wiz.9.1330675307725; Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:01:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from khamul.example.com (dustpuppy.is.co.za. [196.14.169.11]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id gf3sm1722928wib.6.2012.03.02.00.01.45 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:01:46 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 10:01:24 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on a Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook Message-ID: <20120302100124.5026e5df@khamul.example.com> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: Internet Solutions X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 7934c720-2ed5-4786-b770-60032d4495fe X-Archives-Hash: fdfd368bb6efbd90a291cd0af6e1670f On Thu, 1 Mar 2012 18:12:11 -0800 Grant wrote: > I just received the new Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook and I'm trying to > install Gentoo but I can't get install-amd64-minimal-20120223.iso to > boot via a USB key. I installed it to two different USB keys via > unetbootin but I get this right after it asks for the keymap: > > Looking for the cdrom > Attempting to mount media:- /dev/sda1 > Attempting to mount media:- /dev/sda2 > Attempting to mount media:- /dev/sda3 > Attempting to mount media - /dev/sda4 > Media not found > No bootable medium found. Waiting for new devices... > Could not find CD to boot, something else needed! > Determining root device... > Could not find the root block device in . > > It must be reading the USB key fine or it never would have gotten that > far. Maybe it has no drivers for the disk controller, but then why > does it reference the cdrom? I tried the nosata and ide=nodma options > to no avail. Use some other distro on the USB device to get you a chroot. Check BIOS carefully. Some of those options can dick with booting immensely -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com