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Dell xps 15z here. Really, really trying to install linux distro to dual boot from.

first goto is bt. cant even get past 'initramfs live media filesystem not found' on usb boot.

next was ubuntu, fedora..may try gentoo

Im learning it is not a distro problem. it is a hardware problem.

with ubuntu i can get boot. i havent tried the install yet, because i need acpi=off to get boot success.

my question is will boot params acpi=off or acpi=noirq burn out my hardware if im driving in the linux distro all day everyday?

Andrea
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Ubuntu provides a guide for working with this machine. Apparently the installer needs acpi=off; acpi=noirq suffices for standard booting, which simply doesn't use ACPI for irq routing. (Which seems unlikely to matter on a laptop -- if it were a large SMP system, it might matter.)

sarnold
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There has been a question uploaded where there was damage done to a monitor for booting with acpi=off. So the answer seems to be yes, you can damage hardware with acpi=off.

FemtoComm
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