Laptop company presario cq62
Intel celery 900 processor
4 gb ram
256 gb hard drive
Running Linux bodhi (previously win 7 then 10)
Made usb boot stick for lubuntu on a windows machine using rufus
Laptop boots to grub bur when I choose to try lubuntu I get a blank screen with flashing cursor and nothing happens. Tried safe mode etc but nothing works.
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You didn’t provide release details; which can be somewhat critical where a reformat option of ISO write is used; and this is possible using rufus via options.
Ubuntu (since 20.10) has ensured all architectures for a release boot the same way; which can mean there are slight differences between releases, and software like rufus need to be updated to write newer releases (unless a clone write is used)
You don’t specify what options you use in write (what I’m talking about, nor version of rufus software), and where you mention Bodhi; as that is a system only built for a single architecture it won’t have the variation of Ubuntu ISOs since 20.10.
Did you verify ISO prior to write? What release are you asking about? what options were used with rufus and was it updated for the unstated release you’re using? Did you use options suitable for your hardware (where a reformat of ISO is done via options with rufus)
Most Ubuntu (which includes Lubuntu) Quality Assurance testing is done with cloned ISOs written to media; as that form of write is what is tested to work in legacy, uEFI & modern Secure-boot uEFI most reliably.
Did you follow Ubuntu documentation in the steps you performed? eg. https://manual.lubuntu.me/stable/1/1.2/booting_the_image.html (you didn’t provide release details, but that URL can be adjusted for another release if you’re not using 24.10)
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I haven’t had any problems using the mkusb package with either ubuntu flavors or debian. I’ve been making live persistent sticks from focus to perky and bookworm to trixie.
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Ubuntu(s) work fine with the default stuff: guidus → make a boot device → persistent live → dus-Iso2usb …
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Debian works well with mkusb-minp
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@sudodus is super fast at making changes when required to the mkusb tools (I’m a user myself of them). Most users reporting problems seem to be using rufus, and users who don’t update that app; though sudodus tends to watch out for changes in the release cycle thus catches changes early (pre-release); where for rufus users have to encounter problems & report bugs which cause newer versions to be released (ie. fixes often come after ISO release date)
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