Struggling to install via USB

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Ok -- I may have misunderstood one of your prior posts.  I thought that after you had put Xubuntu on the computer you tried one more time to install LL.  It sounds like that is not what you did.  Sounds like you have not tried to install LL in place of the Xubuntu yet.  Is that correct?

I do know that your intent is to have only LL on the computer.  Since I had thought that you had another failed attempt at installing LL after Xubuntu was on machine, the questions I asked would have given me a clue as to whether you might have missed an install step or not.  For example, if you had unsuccessfully tried again to install LL as the sole OS, but Xubuntu still booted up fine after the attempt, that would have meant that you forgot to manually assign partitions for the installation.  (That is a relatively common mistake.)  If that were the case, it would be easy to correct.

If you could let me know, step by step, how to make a bootable LL usb from Windows or Xubuntu and any other important steps, that would be great.

For UEFI installations, there are varying success rates from people using different tools to make the USB.

From Xubuntu, your most reliable method to make the USB would be as described in the Help Manual.  Follow directions under the heading "Writing the latest Linux Lite ISO to USB using a terminal in Linux and OSX".

• Download the 64-bit LL 2.0 ISO file here:  https://www.freecinema2022.gq/download.html
  
• Download it to the "Downloads" folder.
  
• Open a terminal; enter cd Downloads to go to the Downloads folder; then enter md5sum linux-lite-2.0-64bit.iso to check the md5sum.  It should come back as "65eeeb03d1d22bc7f1b4e21db04da21b"
  
• Use the dh -f command to find out the device name of the USB you have plugged in.
  
• Use the dd command to make the live USB.  (It will take some time -- 5-20 minutes.)
  

From a Windows OS, the most reliable method for UEFI installations (from what I've read) is the Rufus tool I gave link to before.  I can't give step-by-step for Windows tools because I don't have any recent Windows experience.

Try one more time with a new USB.  Boot it in UEFI mode.  After booted up, open a terminal and confirm that it is booted in UEFI mode with this command:

Code:

ls /sys/firmware

If you see "efi" in the listed output, then you are booted in UEFI/EFI-mode.  Otherwise you are booted in BIOS/Legacy-mode.

Once confirmed, start installer and if you have choice to replace Xubuntu and use the whole disk, do that.  It should automatically create partitions it needs and install to them correctly.  If install attempt fails, boot the live USB again and post back with output from this terminal command:

Code:

sudo parted -l