Three hours trying to install Xubuntu from USB, blank screen, going crazy [FIXED

[ben8jam]

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I thought this would be the easy part. I've been at this for hours and read every repetative post on the matter. UEIF, nomodeset, etc etc. I can NOT get Xubuntu to install!! I get to GRUB, hit "Install Xubuntu" and the USB flickers for a second then all USB goes dead and screen black.

I'm made multiple USB sticks from Mac and Windows. Tried added "nomodeset" to end of config line. Turned UEIF off and on and upside in the BIOS. PEG and IGD flip flop.

Please someone help.

MSI Z170A Gaming M5. No GPU plugged in or plugged in. Boot to onboard graphics or GPU have same issue with both.

[ben8jam]

OMG.... EVERY guide and forum post said to enable UEFI and NOT to BIOS... I decided to switch boot order of UEFI USB to 2nd place and Legacy USB (BIOS) to first and now it goes to GUI Xubuntu install... Hopefully this helps someone else!

[QuintLeo]

Sounds like you have a MB with a borked BIOS.
 On the other hand, the only reason you would NEED to boot UEFI on a LINUX machine is if your boot partition is bigger than 3 GB (I think that's where the limit is, might be 2GB).


 Also, hard drives get REAL wierd at times if they are formatted as non-UEFI then try to use them in a UEFI setup.

[faxxer]

Try to create the bootable usb using Rufus..

[ben8jam]

Try to create the bootable usb using Rufus..

I did this and I think it helped, but the main problem was I had to put my BIOS to boot legacy USB before UEFI USB, which was counter intuitive to what everyone wrote.  Then it loaded the Xubuntu gui.

[askari89]

thanks!! I was in the exact same boat. Really appreciate the pointer....