Problem Description:
I’m trying to install Ubuntu as a dual-boot with Windows 11 in my Intel NUC. I first shrank the Windows partition to give me a 400 GB partition for Linux. I created a bootable USB drive and booted into Linux with it. In the installer, I filled out all the info, including specifying /dev/sda5 as the Linux drive with ext4 as the file system and / as the boot point, and let it start copying files. But it sits there forever without doing anything. The log screen is black with nothing showing. No errors are showing. I mounted the partition and copied files to it so I know it will accept files. How do I get the installer to copy files to the Linux partition?
The link below is the Ubuntu documentation on installing 22.04. On the page shown, are you using the manual method and did you select to format the partition and select ext4 as the filesystem type as well as setting the mount point to / (the symbol for the root filesystem)? I don’t know what you mean by “/ as the boot point”. If you have not read through the official documentation at the link below, you might review it now.
Windows 11 woulds be a UEFI install so do you have an EFI partition on the drive and did you boot the install media in UEFI mode. Most newer computers will do that.
Yes to all questions. I’ve read through all of the tutorial multiple times. I used the manual method, selected ext4, format the partition, and set the mount point to /, Sorry about “boot point”; it was late at night when I posted and my brain was fried. My computer has an EFI partition so the media booted in UEFI mode. I should have been more specific about all this but it was 2 AM and I was very tired.
I let the installer run all night and it’s still stuck on the same black log screen.
Some information on your hardware would be useful, manufacturer, drives, RAM graphics for starters/ Is this a very new computer or an older computer, approximate manufacture date? Why did you decide to use 22.04 ins ead of a newer release? Did you verify the iso after the download as explained at the Ubuntu download site? How did you write it to a usb?
