Try Ubuntu 17.10 from USB installation disk crashes

[David L]

On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 2:21 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 26 October 2017 at 21:57, David L <david4lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 1:06 PM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 26 October 2017 at 21:55, David L <david4lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > On one of my computers (motherboard=M5A99FX PRO R2.0), Ubuntu 17.10
> >> > crashes
> >> > when attempting to "try ubuntu without installing".  It prints a call
> >> > trace:
> >>
> >> What BIOS version do you have?
> >>
> >> The latest is 2501:
> >>
> >> https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/M5A99FX_PRO_R20/HelpDesk_BIOS/
> >>
> >> I recommend updating the firmware and trying again.
> >>
> > Yes, I had already done that.  I had 2301 before and I upgraded to 2501
> and
> > tried again before I reported the problem.  No joy.
>
> Did you install on the other machine from the same USB stick?
>
Yes.  I successfully booted to a laptop and another desktop and did an
installation on the other desktop with the same hard drive and USB stick.


>
> Either way boot off the stick and right at the start when you get the
> screen showing a keyboard icon at the bottom hit a key and select the
> option to check the files on the stick. Perhaps they are corrupted or
> perhaps the PC does not like that stick.
>
I had already done that step too... there were no problems detected with
that USB stick.

I also tried three different USB slots on the problematic computer.


>
> Maybe even better put it on a DVD and try that if possible.
>
That's not quite as easy... I don't have an optical drive in that desktop.

Cheers,

       Dave
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