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ronch wrote:So after staying away from Linux for a while because of less than stellar experiences I thought I'd give it a shot again so I got the 18.04 .iso, burned it to DVD and booted off of it for a test drive. First thing, the mouse is completely dead. Then I realize, so is the keyboard. I pressed the computer's power button and it said it'll shut down after 60 seconds, which it tried to do by ejecting the DVD and telling me to press Enter, but of course I can't do that. Both input devices are nothing special that need special drivers and both are plugged into USB 2.0 ports on the rear port cluster.
So that's that. Any thoughts?
vishalsuvagia wrote:The first try was with a DVD, it will take its own time to load required kernel / drivers / app which may take some time before the system may be responsive / usable.
By any chance have you tried creating a bootable usb thumb drive for the Ubuntu-18.04 iso.
If you want to there are no-cost utilities available to get the usb bootable, it might be way quicker to boot compared to the DVD and you might also be able to get hold of issues.
For the first try do disconnect the rust spinners which might get the system boot quickly.
just brew it! wrote:Ubuntu ISOs require no special preparation to be bootable from a thumbdrive. Just dump the raw ISO to the thumbdrive starting at block 0.
vishalsuvagia wrote:just brew it! wrote:Ubuntu ISOs require no special preparation to be bootable from a thumbdrive. Just dump the raw ISO to the thumbdrive starting at block 0.
+1, will definitely try that out. No offence though, I have a multi-boot usb drive which is mix of ubuntu-16.04, 18.04 and few PE utilities which of course is thanks to the courtesy of the utilities.
ronch wrote:First thing, the mouse is completely dead. Then I realize, so is the keyboard.
Redocbew wrote:Rufus is another tool for Windows which I've used to make USB drives for Linux.
rufus.ie
You may not care at this point, but I'm with JBI that this does not sound at all like a typical experience when installing Ubuntu.
mikeowins wrote:Redocbew wrote:Rufus is another tool for Windows which I've used to make USB drives for Linux.
rufus.ie
You may not care at this point, but I'm with JBI that this does not sound at all like a typical experience when installing Ubuntu.
Why I have no success with this tool? Kbuntu with Kingston Data Traveller