I have had terrible trouble with 7.4.2 and 8.1.0 on a Dell XPS9360. Whether booting from the KNOPPIX DVD (burn iso) or from a boot USB (I use Pendrive's Universal-USB-Installer v. 1.9.8.0, there may be other or later versions) all I got was a blank screen. But a certain amount of whirring suggested to me that the live version was in fact progressing and available. After a lot of messing about with vga=xxx in the KERNEL stanza in /boot/isolinux/isolinux.cfg I iterated to the best, sparsest and most portable version of this configuration file that I have EVER had. It reads
DEFAULT console
TIMEOUT 40
PROMPT 1
LABEL console
KERNEL linux
APPEND initrd=minirt.gz vga=893 lang=uk 1
LABEL video
KERNEL linux
APPEND initrd=minirt.gz vga=893 lang=uk #
By portable I mean this works on an ancient (really ancient) Samsung, any number of Dells in all configurations / ages, likewise Fujitsus. All screens from 800x600 to 1920x1080.
Still can't get 8.1.0 to work using a boot USB (DVD is fine). The architecture dictated by Pendrive leads to a configuration location error ("Can't find ..") from the very start. Even mimicking the geography of the 7.4.2 boot USB does not mend this.
Fergus
Grandstream GS-HT802 2 Port Analog Telephone Adapter VoIP Phone & Device, Black
$32.00
Fanvil V64 VOIP Business Phone- Black *NEW*
$89.99
Polycom VVX 411 IP VOIP POE Gigabit Telephone [L/N] BUSINESS OFFICE RECEPTION
$24.00
Grandstream GS-GXP2135 Enterprise Gigabit Speed 8 Lines VoIP Device IP Phone
$26.66
Cisco CP-7945G VOIP Phone With Stand & Handset Business IP Phone 7945
$3.00
Cisco/Linksys SPA2102 VoIP Phone Adapter Router 2FXS (Unlocked)
$16.99
Grandstream GS-HT802 2 Port Analog Telephone Adapter VoIP Phone Device
$17.50
Cisco CP-7965G IP VOIP POE Gigabit Telephone [L/N] BUSINESS OFFICE RECEPTION
$20.00
NEW Polycom VVX 501 VoIP IP Phone & Stand Warranty VVX411 2200-48500-019 Lync
$49.98
Cisco CP-8851-K9 VoIP IP PoE Color LCD Display Phone
$115.00