[Pre-Install] Installing 24.04 problems

[gordo52]

First of all I had problems after registering. I saw no buttons for posting, after reloading, it works.

Now to my problem, tried for the 3rd time to install 24.04 on a partition. The results of 2 attempts were Load Kernel First. I tried a couple of fixes, which didn't work. I have reformatted the partition. Have an image but not sure how post it

What have I done wrong? What do I need to do. I run Mint fine, but not a expert by any means, just want to try another distro that I can tweak to my liking.

[Schwarzer Kater]

You should give some more informations, so somebody could actually help you with your installation problem, e.g.:

• details of the hardware you try to install on
• the exact steps you followed to install Kubuntu 26.04
• what do you mean by "the results of 2 attempts were Load Kernel First"?
• which "couple of fixes" did you try?

There are a lot of installation guides for (K)Ubuntu out there - none of them was able to help?

PS: And welcome to this forum, of course.

[claydoh]

You've posted in the 26.04 section. Are your install problems with this new release, or are they with 24.04?

[gordo52]

Could this be deleted and will post in correct thread sorry

[claydoh]

Could this be deleted and will post in correct thread sorry

This had been moved so you don't need to repost

[Snowhog]

I'll move it over there so you don't need to repost.

I already did that.

[claydoh]

I already did that.

I saw that, and edited the reply almost immediately after posting.

[gordo52]

I took the advice, did some googling and found exactly what I wanted . so my apologises for a knob head post I changed the format of the partition to BTRFS and the instalation went like a dream

[claydoh]

I took the advice, did some googling and found exactly what I wanted . so my apologises for a knob head post I changed the format of the partition to BTRFS and the instalation went like a dream

If you can, would you mind describing the issues you had, the cause(s) you found, etc?
It is strange that using btrfs over ext4 would make for a successful install. Ext4 is much more known and tested, so this could be useful for someone with a similar problem.

But in any case, you now can make use of file system-based snapshots with Timeshift or btrfs-assistant/snapper. Which is a Good Thing, imo.

[gordo52]

To be honest, there were a few errors, the main seemed to centre around bootloader failures etc. I re-downloaded the iso, reformatted the usb and burned the files again, double checked the bios that the settings were done as suggested. Reformatted the Partition created a boot partition of 500mb. More or less the same errors . I did/do have difficulties of listing the exact errors, and my meds affect my memory. But found a page that suggested trying btrfs. Being honest I did not have much idea of any difference between the formats (btrfs or Ex4) I thought, what have I to lose, so I gave it a go, using the same iso image as previously it install easily and if not mistaken a little quicker.

Sorry I cannot be much help, quite new to this, finding if I do not write every single item, I will forget within an hour

[claydoh]

To be honest, there were a few errors, the main seemed to centre around bootloader failures etc. I re-downloaded the iso, reformatted the usb and burned the files again, double checked the bios that the settings were done as suggested. Reformatted the Partition created a boot partition of 500mb. More or less the same errors . I did/do have difficulties of listing the exact errors, and my meds affect my memory. But found a page that suggested trying btrfs. Being honest I did not have much idea of any difference between the formats (btrfs or Ex4) I thought, what have I to lose, so I gave it a go, using the same iso image as previously it install easily and if not mistaken a little quicker.

Sorry I cannot be much help, quite new to this, finding if I do not write every single item, I will forget within an hour

That's fine; you have a working system , and btrfs is not a bad choice in any way. It will be complex if you decide to look into its details and features beyond Snapshots(!!) and Rollbacks(!!!!) But otherwise, in regular usage, it works the same.
But do install Timeshift, and when setting it up, select the btrfs option. Then you will have snapshots that are nearly instantaneous to create, are browseable, take up negligible space, and allow you to roll back to a previous instance as quickly as a reboot.
(Just don't treat the snapshots like backups - they are part of the file system, so if the drive dies, so does the data.)