On 30/09/14 15:42:01, Tony wrote:
Does the new PC have UEFI as this sounds like a typical sympton of the new PC using it where the old one didn't. If so can you change it to legacy BIOS mode in the BIOS?
On 30/09/14 15:16, Barry Samuels wrote
I hadn't thought of tranferring to a USB stick mainly because the drive in question is 250 GB and I haven't yet seen a USB stick that size. :-))
I have just downloaded, and booted from, a Debian Squeeze live DVD iso and although I get a menu displayed none of the options works.
Going to a 'boot:' prompt and typing in 'live' produces a message '/live/vmlinuz' not found. I've checked the DVD and vmlinuz is where it's supposed to be. It's strange that on the disc from my wife's computer also gives 'whatever not found'.
There is something rather strange about this computer.
The new PC isn't 'new' it's just not so old as my wife's PC and no it doesn't have UEFI. The BIOS is already set yo 'Legacy'.