I am unable to install ubuntu 18.04 on a UEFI bios version Dell 7000 2-in-1 laptop as it freezes on the boot screen itself when I click ‘Install Ubuntu’. My laptop does not have any NVIDIA drivers still I face the boot screen freeze issue. Can somebody help? I have used Rufus to create live-stick with the GPT partition scheme as suggested for UEFI bios. My laptop is a 512 GB SSD. Can I know if there are any specific UEFI settings?
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"I have used Rufus to create live-stick with the GPT partition scheme": this is probably your problem. The USB should not have a GPT partition table and should have an MBR partition scheme for boot compatibility. The disk where you intend to install Ubuntu should, however, use the GPT partition scheme for a UEFI installation.
I suggest using etcher as a no-nonsense option to write the .ISO to your USB. Unlike rufus, it does not present you with choices that won't work.
Also consider the possibility that your USB device is corrupted, or that your download is corrupted. Did you verify the integrity of the downloaded .ISO before writing it to the USB?
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