groovy gorrila installer crashes

[mc4man]

If one were to choose safe mode at 1st dialog then likely the boot up would proceed as expected

[sudodus]

If one were to choose safe mode at 1st dialog then likely the boot up would proceed as expected

Good idea, but no, it does not help me in this case. Please try in your computer with the current Groovy Gorilla.

[dbergst]

For those who wish to follow the current bug report, below is a link to it.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1885414

[mc4man]

Good idea, but no, it does not help me in this case. Please try in your computer with the current Groovy Gorilla.

Works fine here, just tried again..

[P-I H]

Tested installation in VirtualBox of Ubuntu desktop amd64 version 20200707.1 in both BIOS and EFI mode. Both worked OK.

[sudodus]

Works fine here, just tried again..

I have a set of computers of different age and quality (generation 2,3,4 Intel i3, i5 and i7 CPUs). Some of them are enterprise class laptops, but they are getting old . The newest computer, that I have access to is a consumer class Lenovo laptop with generation 7 Intel i5.

None of these computers boots from a USB drive cloned from a current groovy iso file. But I have VirtualBox in a Dell Precision M4800, and it boots and works well in a virtual machine where it is booted directly from the iso file seen as a virtual optical drive.

So I would really want to know how you manage to install Ubuntu Groovy. It is an installed system that works well. How did you install it?

- Did you use the current groovy iso file?
- What computer is it?
- How did you create the boot drive: Boot medium, method/tool to make it bootable?
- Did you use some special boot options or tweaks?

[sudodus]

Tested installation in VirtualBox of Ubuntu desktop amd64 version 20200707.1 in both BIOS and EFI mode. Both worked OK.

Yes, it works in VirtualBox for me too. Please try to boot from a USB drive.

[P-I H]

Tested in BIOS mode on a computer with Nvidia GPU. Doesn't work. get an error message about /DEV/SR0 No media found.
Will test on another computer in EFI mode.

Doesn't work in EFI mode either. Error message "Unable to find a medium container a live file system"

The USB is made with mkusb, will make a copy with DD and try again.

Doesn't work. Same problem doesn't find the iso.

[sudodus]

It seems that most computers fail to boot USB drives made from these groovy iso files. But there are computers that can boot too. I know one case, a very new computer with a generation 10 Intel CPU.

I expect that the developers at Canonical will squash this bug, because a large part of the users have older computers (than those with generation 10 Intel CPU). I think all computers with Intel i3, i5 and i7 should work with Ubuntu or at least with the light-weight community flavours. I think also core2duo computers (and computers with AMD CPUs of similar specs) should be able to boot and run Ubuntu family flavours.

[mc4man]

I have a set of computers of different age and quality (generation 2,3,4 Intel i3, i5 and i7 CPUs). Some of them are enterprise class laptops, but they are getting old . The newest computer, that I have access to is a consumer class Lenovo laptop with generation 7 Intel i5.

None of these computers boots from a USB drive cloned from a current groovy iso file. But I have VirtualBox in a Dell Precision M4800, and it boots and works well in a virtual machine where it is booted directly from the iso file seen as a virtual optical drive.

So I would really want to know how you manage to install Ubuntu Groovy. It is an installed system that works well. How did you install it?

- Did you use the current groovy iso file?
- What computer is it?
- How did you create the boot drive: Boot medium, method/tool to make it bootable?
- Did you use some special boot options or tweaks?

This is machine I stll use for Ubuntu -

$ inxi -MCG
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20217 v: Lenovo IdeaPad Y510P 
  serial: <superuser/root required> 
  Mobo: LENOVO model: VIQY0Y1 v: 31900058STD 
  serial: <superuser/root required> UEFI: LENOVO v: 74CN44WW(V3.05) 
  date: 09/18/2013 
CPU:
  Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-4700MQ bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  L2 cache: 6144 KiB 
  Speed: 2395 MHz min/max: 800/3400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2397 2: 2395 
  3: 2395 4: 2400 5: 2396 6: 2396 7: 2395 8: 2402 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics driver: i915 
  v: kernel 
  Device-2: NVIDIA GK107M [GeForce GT 755M] driver: nouveau v: kernel 
  Device-3: Realtek Lenovo EasyCamera type: USB driver: uvcvideo 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.8 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
  resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4600 (HSW GT2) 
  v: 4.5 Mesa 20.0.7

Booted from live cd of 20.10 current, choose safe graphics (so I could boot to live session) > tlive session > install.
Install works fine..