I have an old hp pavilion dv6 and I installed windows 7. Then i tried installing Ubuntu 24.04 and the USB wouldn’t boot, it just showed “GRUB” in the top left of the screen. I tried with another USB and the same issue emerged. Is this a BIOS issue?

  • asudox
    6·
    2 months ago

    Try flashing the image onto the USB using another tool. You also can try the dd command in Linux (do be careful using dd though)

    e.g.

    dd if=ubuntu.iso of=/dev/sda bs=8M status=progress

    Make sure to replace /dev/sda with your USB drive’s path.

    • Fortatech@lemy.lolOP
      3·
      2 months ago

      well, I tried it w/ Balena etcher and it didn’t work, but it did on another laptop. I believe the fault is in the old computer.