I'm new to Linux. I have an old laptop that is too slow for Win10. I made a bootable USB stick following the instructions on Ubuntu desktop's home page. The laptop was previously dual-booted with Win10 and Lubuntu. It has a SATA and an M.2, both 1TB. I wanted to install Linux on the M.2 because that's faster. I booted into Try Ubuntu and formatted both drives to get rid of the Windows and the old Lubuntu (of course I wrote down the Windows license code).
The installation process seemed completely fine, I didn't get any error messages, but after it prompted me to remove the installation media and reboot the BIOS didn't detect any OS. I read in a post on this forum that I should try disabling the Legacy boot mode in the BIOS (I have no idea what boot mode is) but after that it didn't even see the bootable USB. What did I do wrong?
Yes, I tried installing again.
The laptop in question is a 10 year old HP ZBook 14.
Thanks in advice
gparted
to clear the flag on SATA. Take care,gparted
is a powerful, dangerous tool. Be sure you are operating on the correct (SATA) disk. – waltinator Oct 20 '23 at 18:28