techsupport @lemmy.world Fortatech @lemy.lol 3mo ago

USB boot Ubuntu issue

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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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.
- 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.
  
  Aight.

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