Thanks. I've since worked out how to boot! This might help you too: www.linuxquestions.org/.../showthread.php
Hi, I've tried to install Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora, Debian, OpenSUSE, Debian and Gentoo on my brand-new XPS 17 L702X, with no success. I've tried installing from CD, DVD, USB (both unetbootin and Universal USB Installer). Specifically, Linux Mint 12 (DVD, 64-bit) and Ubuntu 11.10 (64-bit) via USB fail with (where n is a digit) and Mint via DVD stalls at followed by several iterations of ending with Fedora 16 (64-bit) via USB fails with OpenSUSE (32-bit) DVD/USB appears to work somewhat. I get console errors of either or depending on the phase of the moon. Either way I get into the GUI at least, but then the installation fails later. Debian and Gentoo dump me in the command line, so I figure that something if failing there too! Would anyone have a suggestion on how I could get Linux running on my Dell? (Preferably Linux Mint, but I'm getting desperate at this stage!) Thanks in advance.
Cannot install Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora, OpenSUSE on an XPS 17 L702X