Editing Mika/Notes/Computer Stuff/Debian Installation/X1 4th

I got X1 4th generation. I mostly used [http://ghantoos.org/2016/09/26/howto-install-debian-stretch-testing-on-a-lenovo-x1-4th-generation-via-usb/ this person's] instruction (unetbootin didn't work for me, so I used dd).

= Step 0: Find an USB stick =

The DVD image below was >3.8G. 4G sticks are not big enough.

= Step 1: Get image =

On the older laptop:

wget http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/amd64/iso-dvd/debian-testing-amd64-DVD-1.iso

= Step 2: Prepare BIOS =

On the newer laptop, mostly follow [https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Thinkpad/X1%20Carbon%204thGen%20PCIe_SSD/jessie#Entering_the_BIOS this instruction]. Did all of them. Priority USB stuff first, excluded PCI, Windows at the end. 

= Step 3: Prepare the install USB =

Don't just cp the iso file to the USB stick. Do:

dd if=debian-testing-amd64-DVD-1.iso of=(where the usb is; dmesg) bs=1M

This step takes a while.

Then, do:

wget http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/f/firmware-nonfree/firmware-iwlwifi_20160824-1_all.deb (find the correct version [https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=firmware-iwlwifi here].
mkdir /path/to/your/usbkey/firmware
cp firmware-iwlwifi_20160824-1_all.deb /path/to/your/usbkey/firmware/
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-I got X1 4th generation and installed Debian testing (Stretch). I mostly used [http://ghantoos.org/2016/09/26/howto-install-debian-stretch-testing-on-a-lenovo-x1-4th-generation-via-usb/ this person's] instruction (unetbootin didn't work for me, so I used dd).
+I got X1 4th generation. I mostly used [http://ghantoos.org/2016/09/26/howto-install-debian-stretch-testing-on-a-lenovo-x1-4th-generation-via-usb/ this person's] instruction (unetbootin didn't work for me, so I used dd).
 = Step 0: Find an USB stick =
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 = Step 2: Prepare BIOS =
 On the newer laptop, mostly follow [https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Thinkpad/X1%20Carbon%204thGen%20PCIe_SSD/jessie#Entering_the_BIOS this instruction]. Did all of them. Priority USB stuff first, excluded PCI, Windows at the end.
-Don't save and close yet. Do so when the USB sticks are ready.
 = Step 3: Prepare the install USB =
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 wget http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/f/firmware-nonfree/firmware-iwlwifi_20160824-1_all.deb (find the correct version [https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=firmware-iwlwifi here].
+mkdir /path/to/your/usbkey/firmware
-Couldn't copy this to usb's firmware folder but after starting the installation, the installer asked to insert another USB with certain ucode files to help install non-free wifi firmware, so I put everything that was in the folder containing ucode files (though I didn't see the exact ones they asked for) onto another USB stick (so during installation, I had 2 USB sticks on my new computer). That worked fine.
+cp firmware-iwlwifi_20160824-1_all.deb /path/to/your/usbkey/firmware/
-In order to copy those files, apt-get mc and use mc to copy files to the second USB stick.
-FAAAIL: won't booot
-Some useful pages:
-* https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=164798
-= Step 4: Install Debian =
-I had to do hard-reset. During reboot press any button to interrupt normal reboot. Choose to boot from USB. Follow the instructions; default works for most. When asked about non-free wifi firmware, insert the second USB stick with all the necessary files from the deb file for the wifi firmware.
-For partition, doing entire with encryption is an ok option.