[lubuntu-users] Trouble installing 16.04 via live USB, hard drive prob?

[Marlon Ng]

Hello guys. I'm using lubuntu. I decided to do a clean upgrade from 14.04
to 16.04 via live USB. I didn't bother to format the partition (where 14.04
was installed) before running the live USB, since the installation process
gives you the option of doing so, correct?
Also, after formatting on the fly, the used space was 800+ mb, is this
normal?

When it was done, I couldn't boot into lubuntu. Only a black screen with a
phrase that says something about blocks. Then it just sits there. Upon
booting again with live usb, I noticed the partition still had only 800+ mb
used space, which means lubuntu did not install? I've tried several times,
same result.

I thought live USB was the problem because it can only "Install Lubuntu"
but not "Try Lubuntu without installing". But booting the live USB in
another computer could do both tasks. So now I'm confused.
Is the problem hard drive or live USB?
Thanks guys
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Re: [lubuntu-users] lubuntu 16.04.1 Live CD

[Liam Proven]

On 8 August 2016 at 04:30, Neill Rutherford gmail
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>
> Totally unusable . WHAT A BAD ADVERT FOR LUBUNTU UBUNTU and LINUX


#1 That's a ridiculous overstatement.

#2 You yourself set a very bad advert for the Lubuntu community with
such poor netiquette:
[a] Never post attachments to mailing lists.
[b] Never post HTML email to mailing lists.
[c] Restrain yourself from hyperbole and from hostile or attacking messages.
[d] Never assume that something that affects you affects everyone.
[e] Don't assume that, for instance, something that occurs in a VM
occurs on real hardware; they're not the same.

#3 This issue is trivially resolved. I've had it myself. Google for
assistance or apply some general knowledge before shouting complaints
into the void.

Apply the standard Linux steps for display corruption: switch to text
mode and back.

I.e., Ctrl-Alt-F1 to go to a text vconsole, and then Ctrl-Alt-F7 back
to the X.org screen.

If you're running in VirtualBox, then as you should already know,
these keystrokes go to the host OS, so you need to use the VBox host
key instead of Ctrl-Alt.

I did this, the display cleared, I installed as normal, updated, and
all was well. I then installed the VBox guest additions so I got an
accelerated display.

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Re: [lubuntu-users] lubuntu 16.04.1 Live CD

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi Neil.

I haven't had Lubuntu fail to install. I tend not to use it as a live CD as
the computers I work on are rather old and not really suited for that task.

I refurbish old PCs on behalf of a mental health charity, Contact, and they
are given to Contact's members, their carers or families.

What kind of processor is being used? What make and model of graphics card?
How much memory is available to Lubuntu?

It might be worthwhile running memtest86+ to verify that the system's RAM
is OK.

BW,


Ian


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