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USB boot Ubuntu issue (lemy.lol)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/techsupport

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I have an old hp pavilion dv6 and I installed windows 7. Then i tried installing Ubuntu 24.04 and the USB wouldn't boot, it just showed "GRUB" in the top left of the screen. I tried with another USB and the same issue emerged. Is this a BIOS issue?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Try flashing the image onto the USB using another tool. You also can try the dd command in Linux (do be careful using dd though)

e.g.

dd if=ubuntu.iso of=/dev/sda bs=8M status=progress

Make sure to replace /dev/sda with your USB drive's path.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

well, I tried it w/ Balena etcher and it didn't work, but it did on another laptop. I believe the fault is in the old computer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Aight.