- Dell XPS 15 L502X 8GB RAM (BIOS only) CD-R physical media
It would be very nice to run /sbin/dmidecode, which is on the .iso,
and report the "BIOS Information" section, such as:
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# dmidecode 3.3
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 2.5 present.
70 structures occupying 2511 bytes.
Table at 0x000F0730.
Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
BIOS Information
Vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
Version: 1613
Release Date: 12/03/2008
Address: 0xF0000
Runtime Size: 64 kB
ROM Size: 1 MB
Characteristics:
ISA is supported
PCI is supported
PNP is supported
APM is supported
BIOS is upgradeable
BIOS shadowing is allowed
ESCD support is available
Boot from CD is supported
Selectable boot is supported
BIOS ROM is socketed
EDD is supported
5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
3.5"/720 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
Serial services are supported (int 14h)
Printer services are supported (int 17h)
CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h)
ACPI is supported
USB legacy is supported
LS-120 boot is supported
ATAPI Zip drive boot is supported
BIOS boot specification is supported
Targeted content distribution is supported
BIOS Revision: 16.13
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of which the Vendor, Version, and Release Date are the most important.
In the installer, type Ctrl+Alt+F2 to get a TTY, re-direct the output
of dmidecode into a file, and copy the file to a machine with a more-
hospitable environment (using wired ethernet, USB flash memory, etc.)
If there are any errors or unusual behavior, then it also is interesting
to know if the interface for the Floppy disk drive is enabled; but often
this requires searching through BIOS configuration screens. Sometimes a
CD or DVD can be Read under Floppy emulation, and it is easy for the BIOS
to try this regardless of settings. Try disabling the Floppy
in the BIOS settings, then re-booting.
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