Failure installing Ubuntu 24.04 on an USB stick

Volker Wysk post at volker-wysk.de
Fri Aug 16 12:37:08 UTC 2024


Am Freitag, dem 16.08.2024 um 14:08 +0200 schrieb Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-
users:
> On Fri, 2024-08-16 at 12:37 +0200, Volker Wysk wrote:
> > I get an empty screen with just a blinking cursor.
> 
> Hi Volker,
> 
> if it's a black screen with a blinking white _ in the upper left corner,
> than boot might already fail, by not finding the bootloader. You
> probably unplugged the USB stick with the installation media, but forgot
> to change the BIOS setting to boot from the other USB stick with your
> brand new Ubuntu install. If so, just change the BIOS setting to the
> partition where the bootloader is.

I'm using the BIOS boot menu, which I get by pressing F11 at the beginning
of the boot process. There, the new USB stick occurs. 

Volker




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