This a rather lengthy read... Just a warning. Sorry, I tend to be as detailed as possible. (I like to think that this eliminates worthless replies)
Yesterday (5-5-2021), while reading Email on my W10 PC, using Thunderbird, I received a free book offer titled "Learn Linux Quickly". I have Ubuntu 18.04 on my other Linux dedicated PC. It runs well, no problems except random lock-ups in the 0AD game app. These constant lock-ups prompted me to try the Win version of 0AD. To my amazement, 0AD didn't lock-up on the Win PC. So, I reluctantly left my Linux PC (still a noob status) & switched back to the Win PC.
Previously, I'd vowed, to myself, to not using Win anymore for various reasons. So I started using Linux Mint Cinnamon. But, it wouldn't install... So, on another forum, someone suggested I try Ubuntu instead of LM. So, I did & it installed W/O a hitch. I ran Ubuntu for a while & liked it fine. Did I miss Win? Maybe a little, but not enough to switch back to Win. That is until I ran into the constant 0AD Lock-ups which I never was able to fix (weeks & weeks went by, never new updates of 0AD) . For a while, (probably a few months) I would play 0AD daily on the Win PC. I was addicted to it. Now though, 0AD is but a distant memory of a game I loved, but couldn't beat in the more advanced stages & maps. Mostly because of my handicap. (poor vision, Lack of good motor skills). Sad to say, I'm just not fast enough anymore... Oh well, I'm learning to life with it...
Anyway, back to the W10 PC... I D/L'ed the free book & began reading it. It had 2 links. One for Virtual Box & 1 for Ubuntu 20.04. VB seems to have D/L'ed & installed correctly. Ubuntu 20.04 though is giving me problems. I started VB, followed all the steps in the book, to setup VB. I attempted to run the Ubuntu live DVD, but it seemed to hang.
This morning, I decided to try booting from the Ubuntu live DVD W/O VB. So I loaded the DVD into my optical drive of the W10 PC. I was elated, the Ubuntu DVD was booting! After what seemed to have taken forever, my PC hung. I was forced to remove the DVD & boot into Win.
I decided to try the DVD in my Linux PC hoping that it would work. Nope, I aborted the file system file check, & that's as far as it would go too. (same place as on the Win PC.
So, here I am... Not sure how to proceed or what to try next... I want to check the ISO's checksum, but how?
Do I need to try another flavor of Ubuntu? I don't want to do that as it might would make a difference in the book's language/examples. ???
If you could, please help a noob.
My W10 PC's specs:
MB Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3
CPU AMD FX-3900 (~3.9Mhz)
RAM Corsair 8Gb DDR3, 4x2
Northbridge AMD 780G rev. 00
Southbridge AMD SB700 rev. 00
Graphics card Nvidea GE Force 730 - driver version 460.89
Graphic Interface PCI-Express (not using MB video, disabled in CMOS)
Graphic resolution 1600x900
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