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> Do you just download an .ISO or do you use the 'Installation Assistant'? There are some shenanigans with that tool. I'm pretty sure Linux doesn't have "gener
by vladvasiliu 3y ago
> Do you just download an .ISO or do you use the 'Installation Assistant'? There are some shenanigans with that tool.
I'm pretty sure Linux doesn't have "generic" wifi cards. See all the issues people have getting to work brand-new models. I had already seen the AX201 in a separate machine for some time before buying this laptop, so it wasn't brand-new when I first tried installing Windows. Didn't check the PCI IDs to confirm it was precisely the same, though.
I don't have that specific PC on hand to check the IDs right now.
For installing, I create the USB drive with the "media creation tool" I download right before from that site. I only use the direct ISO download to install on VMs, since my usual approach of writing it with dd from linux doesn't work for some reason.
I've noticed the driver reinstall issue because at one point, there was some kind of issue with my external monitor which worked with the Intel drivers but not with the Windows Update ones, and every so often the display output would break again until I manually reinstalled the ones from the Intel site. The Windows Update drivers have been fine for a few months now. Wi-Fi never had any issue once it got going after the first reboot and Windows update run.
- vladvasiliu 3y agoGot my hands on the PC in question. The full string of the ID is PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A0F0&SUBSYS_00748086&REV_20 Fun fact: if I look for drivers, in the "recommended drivers" list there are two drivers by Intel and one by Microsoft. https://i.imgur.com/jpghrgd.png https://i.imgur.com/jpghrgd.png