Fresh install Fedora 41 on Dell Inspiron 3721.

[Ger van Dijck]

Hay All,

On my Dell Inspiron 3721 I had a crash : HD  drive defect.  So i 
installed a SSD drive (1TB) and decided to convert from MBR to GPT.

I did a fresh install of Windows 10 Professionel : No problem ; Runs fine.

Then I did an attempt to  a fresh install  of Fedora 41 by a netinstall  
.ISO  on DVD: Not succesfull.  So I did a retry with the Mediawriter : 
Not succesfull.

When running the test  and  install on both media I get the following 
messages :

ipi:dmi :Base adress is zero , assuming no IPMI interface.

ACPI Bios error (bug) Could not resolve symbol [ 
_SB.PC10.GFX0.DD02_BCL1, AE_not_found (20240322/psargs-332).

ACPI Error : Aborting method _SB.PC10.PEG0.PEGP.DD02_BCL due to 
previous error (AE_not_found) (202w40322 /psparse-529).

Additional message when testing the install with Netinstall .ISO on DVD 
:  Fragment count zero , Supported iso no.

When I try to install with the Mediawriter the proces is aborted , when 
doing with the Netinstall .ISO on DVD  Fedora 41 can be installed but 
there is no bootloader , but in the BIOS there are two  bootfiles.

So  I can go in the BIOS and change  the boot options in boot Windows or 
boot Fedora. and  both OSses run fine.

Any help would be usefull , kind regards ,

Ger van Dijck.

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Wed, Mar 5, 2025 at 9:17 AM Ger van Dijck  wrote:
> On my Dell Inspiron 3721 I had a crash : HD  drive defect.  So i
> installed a SSD drive (1TB) and decided to convert from MBR to GPT.
>
> I did a fresh install of Windows 10 Professionel : No problem ; Runs fine.
>
> Then I did an attempt to  a fresh install  of Fedora 41 by a netinstall
> .ISO  on DVD: Not succesfull.  So I did a retry with the Mediawriter :
> Not succesfull.
>
> When running the test  and  install on both media I get the following
> messages :
>
> ipi:dmi :Base adress is zero , assuming no IPMI interface.
>
> ACPI Bios error (bug) Could not resolve symbol [
> _SB.PC10.GFX0.DD02_BCL1, AE_not_found (20240322/psargs-332).
>
> ACPI Error : Aborting method _SB.PC10.PEG0.PEGP.DD02_BCL due to
> previous error (AE_not_found) (202w40322 /psparse-529).
>
> Additional message when testing the install with Netinstall .ISO on DVD
> :  Fragment count zero , Supported iso no.

Ensure the BIOS or UEFI is the latest. ACPI is part of power
management, and you definitely want to run the latest firmware for
power management related issues like this. You might still see acpi
messages in dmesg with the latest firmware, but the problems usually
go away after the update.

I think the ISO issue is a different issue. I have no recommendations for it.
> When I try to install with the Mediawriter the proces is aborted , when
> doing with the Netinstall .ISO on DVD  Fedora 41 can be installed but
> there is no bootloader , but in the BIOS there are two  bootfiles.
>
> So  I can go in the BIOS and change  the boot options in boot Windows or
> boot Fedora. and  both OSses run fine.
>
> Any help would be usefull , kind regards ,

Jeff

[Barry Scott]

> On 5 Mar 2025, at 14:16, Ger van Dijck  wrote:
>
> Hay All,
>
> On my Dell Inspiron 3721 I had a crash : HD  drive defect.  So i installed a SSD drive (1TB) and decided to convert from MBR to GPT.
>
> I did a fresh install of Windows 10 Professionel : No problem ; Runs fine.

I guess you know that Windows 10 will go end-of-life some time this year.

Did you use the Windows disk manager to shrink the windows partition to allow Fedora to be installed?
> Then I did an attempt to  a fresh install  of Fedora 41 by a netinstall  .ISO  on DVD: Not succesfull.  So I did a retry with the Mediawriter : Not succesfull.
> When running the test  and  install on both media I get the following messages :
>
> ipi:dmi :Base adress is zero , assuming no IPMI interface.
>
> ACPI Bios error (bug) Could not resolve symbol [ _SB.PC10.GFX0.DD02_BCL1, AE_not_found (20240322/psargs-332).
>
> ACPI Error : Aborting method _SB.PC10.PEG0.PEGP.DD02_BCL due to previous error (AE_not_found) (202w40322 /psparse-529).

Usually you can ignore ACPI errors as it the kernel noticing a buggy BIOS.
> Additional message when testing the install with Netinstall .ISO on DVD :  Fragment count zero , Supported iso no.
>
> When I try to install with the Mediawriter the proces is aborted , when doing with the Netinstall .ISO on DVD  Fedora 41 can be installed but there is no bootloader , but in the BIOS there are two  bootfiles.

I assume you mean that you do not see a grub menu?
By default the grub menu is hidden I recall. Holding down SHIFT while booting should bring it up.
> So  I can go in the BIOS and change  the boot options in boot Windows or boot Fedora. and  both OSses run fine.

You can boot Fedora from by selecting it in the BIOS?
Which would imply that the grub boot loaded is installed.

You could change the grub defaults so that the menu is not hidden and is show for a few seconds.
This might make things easier to work with.

Barry
> Any help would be usefull , kind regards ,
>
> Ger van Dijck.
>
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[Samuel Sieb]

On 3/5/25 6:16 AM, Ger van Dijck wrote:
> When I try to install with the Mediawriter the proces is aborted , when 
> doing with the Netinstall .ISO on DVD  Fedora 41 can be installed but 
> there is no bootloader , but in the BIOS there are two  bootfiles.
>
> So  I can go in the BIOS and change  the boot options in boot Windows or 
> boot Fedora. and  both OSses run fine.
>
> Any help would be usefull , kind regards ,

I'm not sure what help you're looking for since both are working.

If it's about the boot menu, then that's just how it is.  Windows won't 
let you boot it from grub.  You have to set the default OS in the BIOS 
and use the BIOS boot menu to boot the other one.

[Tim]

Ger van Dijck wrote:
> > When I try to install with the Mediawriter the proces is aborted , when 
> > doing with the Netinstall .ISO on DVD  Fedora 41 can be installed but 
> > there is no bootloader , but in the BIOS there are two  bootfiles.
> >
> > So  I can go in the BIOS and change  the boot options in boot Windows or 
> > boot Fedora. and  both OSses run fine.

Samuel Sieb:
> I'm not sure what help you're looking for since both are working.
>
> If it's about the boot menu, then that's just how it is.  Windows won't 
> let you boot it from grub.  You have to set the default OS in the BIOS 
> and use the BIOS boot menu to boot the other one.

And depending on your motherboard, that boot menu could be having to
hit a key and delve into it to change settings, or always pop up some
boot choices for a few seconds before booting a particular one by
default.  Mine's the latter, although I don't dual boot.

Then, when it boots in Linux, you can set up GRUB similarly.  Always
booting the default option without a menu, or hitting a key to bring up
the menu, or always showing a menu for a few seconds before booting
into a default option, or just sitting there at a menu (I think this
can be done).  Mine's set to show a menu for a couple of seconds then
boot the default.  That gives me enough time to change something, if I
want, without keyboard hammering.