Ubuntu Studio 21.04 does not install

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Not having internet in my apartment, I am using the .iso on a DVD. None of the questions and solutions regarding v21.04 installation would pertain to my problem. Here it is:

I have 3 computers. v21.04 would not install on either.

First computer:

MoBo: MSI x58A-GD45 socket 1366, XEON x580, 24 Gigs memory. Clean install (no partitions on disk). Blue Ubuntu Studio label on bottom of screen present. After some wait on top of screen I get the following (install doesn't even get to Live):

Starting Set console scheme...
A green small icon: Finished Terminate Plymouth Boot Screen
Failed to start Disk Manager
Failed to start Snap Daemon
Failed to start Wait till snapd is fully seeded

Screen blank (that is, black), but mouse present and movable. Disk light off, no activity. Checked DVD integrity; fine, no problems showed. Downloaded the .iso again and made another DVD. Checked integrity, OK. I thought that, maybe 21.04 needs the computer to have UEFI. This doesn't so I moved on to computer Nr.2. This one has BIOS+UEFI.

MoBo: MSI x570 Gaming Edge WiFi, AMD Ryzen 5, gen 3, PCIe4, 32 Gigs.

Same situation, it doesn't even get to Live after the blue label on bottom of screen. So I waited again. This time the program started to look for all kinds of URLs and after giving up reaching them it prints this:

"Unable to find a medium containing a live file system". The drive is a dvd/blu ray. Finally, the .iso stops, showing BASH with initrams in parentheses and a cursor blinking. It takes some commands, I was able to look into the .iso's directories, but not much more.

Then, I moved to the third computer. This one has an ASRock Fata1ity Killer board with an Intel 4790 processor, 32 Gigs and a BIOS+UEFI arrangement. The situation is a copy cat of the first computer's. Nothing comes up. Not one of the computers gets even close to Live.

It sounds like your installation media is invalid. Does it pass integrity checks? — Nmath, May 16 '21 at 18:32
this other answer might help : https://askubuntu.com/a/26864/1257503 — Pain Perdu, May 16 '21 at 23:42
If you carefully read my writing, it says that I checked the integrity of both downloads that I used to make DVD .isos. The problem may still be some config in the Bios/UEFI of all of the computers, although, as I stated, there were absolutely NO problems encountered with v20.04. Thanks. — John, May 18 '21 at 13:58
Does this answer your question? Error when installing: "unable to find a medium containing a live file system" — karel, Dec 23 '21 at 02:21

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 22 '21 at 09:12

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Wish I had one. I have a similar issue. I did make some progress with this tho.. https://www.stephenwagner.com/2019/05/05/ubuntu-linux-black-screen-frozen-system-after-upgrade-install/ however my issue now, is it boots, and installs 21.04. When I remove the dvd,it still works until it is shut down, when the original problem returns. Been messing with it now for a week. beginning to pull out my hair.

Charlie

answered Nov 22 '21 at 09:12

charlie

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 06 '22 at 07:47

Having the exact same problem here with a Fujitsu Celsius M740. Didn't find a solution either, but still had a DVD around here with Ubuntu Studio 20.04 LTS on it. Tried to install this one and it works like a charm! Could it have something to do with switching to KDE? I have no idea. I'm hoping now, that a direct upgrade to 22.04 LTS in April might do the trick.

Ubuntu Studio 21.04 does not install

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