Trouble installing Xubuntu 18.04 on brand new Del 17 3000

[Colin Law]

On Tue, 6 Aug 2019 at 03:28, MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I just picked up a new Dell Inspiron 17 3000 laptopto help my girl
> upgrade to a newer piece of hardware.
>
> However, the Dell does not seem to like Xubuntu 18.04 DVD installer.

Check the DVD boots ok in another machine.

Colin

>
> I tried disabling UEFI (and a host of other related settings), but
> then it won't even boot the Win 10 that came preinstalled.
>
> What I did:
>
> 1. Inserted my 18.04.1 boot DVD.
> 2. Powered up the Dell and selected option F12 (boot options)
> 3. Selected the DVD drive for the boot drive.
>
> The screen goes blank, the drive whirs and clicks for a few seconds,
> then nothing.
>
> I know it can take a minute or two for the installer to come up, but
> it never does.
>
> What am I missing?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Mark
>
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