Unable to install Ubuntu 16.04 on my Lenovo Ideapad 100-14IBY

[Nayab Basha Sayed]

Yesterday I bought Lenovo Ideapad 100-14IBY laptop. I was very excited to install new Ubuntu 16.04. I wanted to try Ubuntu before installing. When I boot from my USB pen drive, I couldn't able to open Terminal (Remaining applications working fine). I thought after installing Ubuntu it might work. But the installer also not starting when I try to open it. Can anybody help me please...:confused:

[ubfan1]

Seems like you can successfully boot. Did you run any media checks?
1) Did you md5sum check the downloaded iso?
See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM
Check the number against the listing in the link for your release listed at
http://releases.ubuntu.com under the MD5SUMS link.
2) If using a CD/DVD, did you burn the disc as slowly as possible?
See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto
3) Did you select the media check before trying to install?
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/CDIntegrityCheck
4) Did you ever do a "memory check" (perhaps another live-media menu choice) on your PC?
Doing the above can save you a lot of time struggling with a bad install media.

[ubfan1]

I just saw a similar problem on an older Thinkpad W520, W10 on hdd, Ubuntu 16.04 on a USB2 reader plugged into a USB3 port. The desktop was visible, but the ctrl-alt-T did not start a teminal, and dash could not find anything (let alone a terminal). The USB had worked just fine several hrs earlier. The problem seemed to be a failed mount of the media on /cdrom (it was empty). Many things did not run, but I could switch to a virtual terminal (crtl-alt-F1) and login as ubuntu (no password). From there, setting the DISPLAY (export DISPLAY=":0" )
and trying to run gnome-terminal, showed the failure errors reading squashfs. Not even sudo worked, so shutdown wouldn't work, had to do a powerbutton shutdown. Ran the media check next, and all was OK. Rebooted again, and things were working. Same port, not even a removal/reinsert of media. Maybe try other ports. I will have to look into this further. I might need a BIOS upgrade, but you machine is new isn't it?

[Nayab Basha Sayed]

1) Did you md5sum check the downloaded iso?
See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM
I did md5sum check. The result did not match with the original. So I downloaded again that image. It's installed successfully. Now I am using Ubuntu 16.04 64bit version on my laptop.
Thank you....

I might need a BIOS upgrade, but you machine is new isn't it?
There is an update available for my firmware too.:P

[andrea109]

Hi I am waiting for the ideapad to be shipped home. In the meantime can I ask you how's everything working so far? WiFi issues? I need to get ready so I can install it on my machine any suggestions will be appreciated.
Thanks

[andrea109]

Also how are you planning to upgrade the bios?