Boot your computer from the Ubuntu Linux bootable USB drive. Remember that you may have to enter your computer’s boot manager to do that (on my Intel NUC I have to press F10; on most other BIOS I’ve seen it’s F9; consult your BIOS documentation).
Another frequently asked inquiry is “Why won’t my PC boot from USB?”.
If your USB bootable drive is corrupted or not created in the right way, your PC won’t boot from USB. You need to make sure your USB flash drive has been prepared using the right method and the right creation tool. Windows can boot from USB only if the USB drive is bootable. So, you need to check if your USB drive is really bootable.
Can’t boot from USB drive?
If you re-format the USB drive, re-making a bootable USB drive is necessary. Besides, if the USB drive you have created in an incorrect way, the PC can’t boot from USB and you can also choose to re-create a bootable drive. Simply copying & pasting a recovery ISO file to a USB drive does not work.
While writing we ran into the inquiry “Why won’t Ubuntu live boot from a USB stick?”.
So, you’ve created an Ubuntu Live USB stick, and you’re trying to load it from a USB. The only problem is, the live USB system will not boot since you have a graphics card that doesn’t fully support the open-source drivers included within the operating system.
Reformat the flash drive and reload the Ubuntu ISO from an application for making a live USB. Check the Ubuntu ISO that you downloaded against its SHA256 checksum to verify that the checksums match. Voltage irregularities that affect the smooth amount of voltage delivered from the motherboard to the USB flash drive.
How to make Ubuntu boot from a different USB flash drive?
Ubuntu will boot after making the Ubuntu live USB on a different USB flash drive. It’s worth a try if you have two or more USB flash drives. Reformat the flash drive and reload the Ubuntu ISO from an application for making a live USB. Check the Ubuntu ISO that you downloaded against its SHA256 checksum to verify that the checksums match.
Why is Ubuntu not booting from Grub?
If you don’t see a menu with a list of boot options appear, the GRUB boot loader may have been overwritten, preventing Ubuntu from booting. This can happen if you install Windows on a drive after installing Ubuntu or another Linux distribution on it. Windows writes its own boot loader to the boot sector, and you won’t be able to boot Ubuntu.
Ensure that the original target installation drive is set up as the primary hard drive boot option in BIOS Ensure that the original target installation drive is setup as the first boot device option in BIOS. You can move this down the priority list once it is confirmed working.
Why is my Ubuntu screen blinking and blinking?
At this point, the machine reboots and one sees a blinking screen with only a cursor as can be seen below: Generally, the reason this occurs is due to the Ubuntu installation placing the GRUB bootloader on a partition that is not being booted to.
Why is the cursor/no boot blinking on the first drive?
Guided will always choose /dev/sda as the first drive and blinking cursor/no boot will result if /dev/sda isn’t your OS drive. Show activity on this post. I have had this problem in the past, and found that it appears to happen on some kernels and not others although I have not had this issue since upgrading to Meerkat.
Here are a few quick tips for remedying the above blinking cursor after Ubuntu installation issue: Remove all unnecessary drives. Ideally you should only have a non-writable Ubuntu installation ISO and a target boot device installed.