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Xubuntu Install on HP Probook 6570b going awry - Bios issues?

Edit 3: I got the "lite" version to install without hanging. Hopefully I can update to the full version from here. HOWEVER it cannot open the default browser to then access further updates or anything useful. I have seen a few unanswered questions on this issue on here.

Edit 2: The install hangs while copying files at the same screen tip. Tried manual partition, tried partition via install dialog, tried automatic install, with / without safe graphics, with and without wireless connection, with and without options to install updates...at this point I think I just drop it, but will keep watching in case anyone has other thoughts. Thanks all.

Edit 1: - thanks to the assistance below, this has progressed.

  1. I changed the laptop BIOS settings to UEFI from Legacy
  2. I created a bootable USB from Rufus choosing GPT as the Partition Scheme and UEFI (non CSM) as the target system.
  3. This meant I could select the Device for Boot Loader Installation from the partitioning menu in the Manual Install, that was greyed out when I tried manually partitioning before install. However - now the install has...stalled...at "Copying Files". No movement on the indicator bar and has been the same for a half hour. Where to next?

Old: I omitted to update the BIOS before trying to install Xubuntu from a bootable USB, and the install fails. I mention the BIOS update, as its mentioned in forums on the topic.

The PC boots from the USB fine, and it appears to install the OS fine, but on attempted reboot from the HDD, says it can't find an OS.

Q - what have I missed? Q - HP have BIOS upgrades available but they seem to rely on having the OS installed. I read that it should be possible to create a bootable USB that runs the BIOS update but no more info was provided, is there a way to do this?

Edit - the instructions from the HP bios update is to have individual BIOS and Signature files in a certain directory, and the HP Bios update utility at a higher level in another branch of that directory. However all I can download now is a .exe file.

Thanks.

Serehfa Strongold
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I suggest based on my experience that:

Download the Xubuntu 24.04.2 ISO from https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/cdimage.ubuntu.com/cdimage/xubuntu/releases/24.04/release/xubuntu-24.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso, not 24.10 or 25.04.

Burn the ISO to a USB drive with enough space +8GB.

Rufus and BalenaEtcher are usually suitable, in Linux the dd command is also effective.

From Windows, free up space on your hard drive, at least 150 gigabytes or more. Or use the entire disk for Xubuntu if you don't want to keep Windows.

Disable secure boot and fast boot in setup. If they exist in your BIOS

Start a live session of Xubuntu.

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

sudo apt update 
sudo apt install 
gparted sudo gparted

From gparted, select the hard drive.

Unmount it if it is mounted. From the last partition to the first, right click the mouse.

Create a new gpt partition table.

Or use the existing one, if you will install it alongside Windows, after having left free space, without partitioning from Windows (disable secure boot and fast startup)

In the free space, create a 1 giga partition, Efi-System (Fat32). Or use the existing one, if you will install it alongside Windows. Next, create a 80-gigabyte partition, ext4 system.

Create another 16-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 hard drive. Efi System.

The 80-gigabyte partition for /.

The 16-gigabyte partition for swap.

The remaining one for /home.

Continue with the installation.

The sizes and number of partitions are suggested based on my experience and preference for having a separate swap and /home partition to preserve personal files during future updates.

Newer versions of Ubuntu require a GPT partition table.

If your BIOS doesn't have UEFI, such as Legacy or Regular BIOS, the UEFI System partition must be Grub BIOS, also Fat32.

kyodake
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