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It was supposed to be a relaxed Sunday when I finally got round to tackling my dual-boat project. Unfortunately, my computer is stuck in the boot loop after the "successful" installation of Ubuntu.

  • I downloaded the iso for ubuntu-24.04.1-desktop-amd64 (LTS version) and flashed a stick with balenaEtcher.
  • Shut down my computer and physically disconnected the SSD with Win 11 (for the sake of peace of mind)
  • Booted from the usb stick and installed Linux Ubuntu. So far so good.

I have an older system with a NVIDIA Quadro M2000 card. So I checked whether any drivers were installed, because I didn't select this during the installation. As BIOS I've got American Megatrends Version 2.17.1249 (Aptio Setup Utility)

The following were installed: (*-generic-hwe-24.04)

  • nvidia-driver-535-server
  • nvidia-driver-470-server
  • nvidia-driver-470
  • nvidia-driver-535

I have also checked where my EFI is. It is in the path /target/boot/efi. I found this a bit strange as I did not expect an additional folder target but only /boot/efi.

After trying it out a bit, I restarted my computer. I was told to remove the boot stick and then confirm this with ENTER. The computer then shut down and went into a boot loop. Each time, "Reset System" appeared on the black screen. If I then go into my BIOS, I cannot see the hard drive on which I have just installed Linux.

I appreciate any help as I was really looking forward to finally installing Linux, unfortunately I have a hard time with it.

July
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Try this:

Disable Secure Boot and Set Boot to Uefi

Start a live session of Ubuntu 24.04.1 https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop/thank-you?version=24.04.1&architecture=amd64&lts=true

Once the boot is complete, open a terminal and run:

  sudo apt update
  sudo apt install --reinstall gparted
  sudo gparted

From gparted, select the SDD

Unmount it if it is mounted.

Create a new gpt partition table.

In the free space:
Create a 512-megabyte partition, Efi System partition (Fat32).
Create another 80-gigabyte partition, ext4 system.
Create another 12-gigabyte partition, swap system.
Create another remaining partition that you plan to use for Linux, ext4 system.

Apply the changes.

Close gparted

Close the terminal

Start the installation

Choose manual partitioning and select:

Grub by default on the SDD Efi System partition.
The 80-gigabyte partition for /
The 12-gigabyte partition for swap
The remaining one for /home.

Continue with the installation.

kyodake
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