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Live USB does not boot on new XPS 13

In my experience this kind of hang is due to a lack of GPU/video support. I'd say you need to boot into an un-accelerated 'safe' video mode and keep using it until you've run a full update (new kernel,...
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How can I download?

On the download page, click on the custom button and set it to 0. After that you will see that the purchase button now says Download.
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Blank screen after "Try Elementary" button clicked

Can you please try hitting the 'e' key in the grub boot menu (text mode), and adding 'nomodeset=1' to the end of the line that starts with 'linux'. Then hit F10 to continue booting. You should see ...
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Kernel panic when booting from USB stick to install 7

I ran into this issue, which resulted in this PR. Building the ISO based on that PR following these instructions, flashing that to an USB stick and then booting from it seems to work!
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Black screen at boot of installer for MacBookPro2,2 - how to isolate point of failure?

The "point of failure" is likely the hardware itself, as the MacBook Pro you're using shipped in autumn 2006. Comparing the specifications of a fully loaded, top-of-the-line MacBook Pro for ...
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How to install while using my operating system

As a general rule, it is not possible to have two operating systems running natively on the same physical piece of computer hardware simultaneously. You can install two operating systems, but you have ...
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Live USB does not boot on new XPS 13

The recent kernel update from Elementary OS 5.1 resolved this issue. I was able to install eOS much sooner by building my own daily ISO but have since re-installed with the latest ISO and it works ...
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Use without installing

Yes you can... just create an install drive, boot from it and choose where it says "Try elementary OS without installing" in the boot menu And later, inside if you want to install it just execute ...
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ASUS ZenBook Pro UX550VE Can't Install OS, Goes Straight to TTY1 and Can't Use sudo Commands

Solved it by adding nomodeset to the boot options in GRUB
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cannot install elementary os on ubuntu

It seems to be a problem from GRUB, the bootloader. Would this help?
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I have an issue installing Loki on a MacBook pro from 2008

Try running in Live USB mode. If that doesn't work try this; Press e on "Try ElementaryOS without installing" Go to the bottom of the boot options, and type; outb 0x728 1 outb 0x710 2 outb 0x740 2 ...
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