I can't install Pop! OS.
Hello,
I just created a CCM account.
I want to install Pop!_OS (based on Ubuntu). I initially tried to do it without a USB drive. But the only two tutorials I found either did a Dual Boot or installed Debian. So, I figured I might as well sacrifice a USB drive. As long as I get rid of that awful operating system called Windows 11...
When I go into the BIOS or start an advanced restart, it tells me that the USB drive doesn't work. I can't delete the ISO file I installed with Rufus because the file explorer doesn't show the USB drive, and nothing works to display it.
Please help me!
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Hello MekNormal,
Welcome to the forum. I have revised your message to ensure it complies with the writing guidelines we expect on the forum. I encourage you to review them now. Please pay attention to spelling, punctuation, and avoid using all capital letters. I also recommend keeping your sentences short, clear, and to the point.
Now, let's get back to your problem.
- I understand that you do not want to install Pop OS! in dual boot, but rather to create a live USB.
- You used Rufus to prepare the USB key, which is indeed the tool we use to create a USB drive from an ISO file. This is typically what we use to prepare a drive for installing Linux onto an arbitrary disk (by disk, I mean a hard drive or a disk/USB key).
- The USB key does not show up in Windows, which is strange because even if it has been formatted with a Linux file system to host the installer, the drive associated with the key should still be visible (even if you cannot explore it). Do you experience the same symptoms with another key?
Here are a few questions (please respond while maintaining the numbering):
- Have you read this page?
- Is secure boot enabled in your BIOS?
- Does the USB key appear before the hard drive in the BIOS boot sequence? Or did you press the dedicated keyboard key (which depends on your motherboard; it is displayed on the startup screen, it is often F1, F2, F10, or delete) to explicitly choose which disk to boot from (in this case, the USB key)?
- Which ISO file did you use? Is it intended to support secure boot?
- If the idea is to get rid of Windows, why are you installing Linux on a USB key? Is it to test before switching completely?
- Does the key you prepared work on another PC?
Good luck
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Hello,
There are 2 different ISOs for Pop!_OS: one for systems with NVIDIA graphics cards, the other for other systems. Did you download the one that matches your PC?
To boot from the Pop!_OS live USB under secure boot, there are instructions here:
https://cm0.dev/2022/01/06/secure-boot-pop-os
but I think it's simpler to disable it in the BIOS.
Pop!_OS does not behave like other Linux distributions because it is probably the only one (at least the only one I know of) to use systemdboot instead of grub to boot (unless you boot in legacy mode). The boot sequence has nothing to do with that of Ubuntu, for example. It may not be the best choice for a first experience with Linux.
Moreover, Pop!_OS is intended for PCs sold by its company System76. It works perfectly on their hardware, but they do not guarantee the proper functioning on other hardware.
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Hello Mamiemando
I would first like to apologize for having written a message that is 99% against the rules.
Indeed, I didn't want to do a dual boot, but I also didn't want to create a live USB. I truly wanted to install Pop!_OS on my computer and remove everything related to Windows, leaving only the Holy Linux (I might be going a bit far). And yes, Secure Boot is enabled in my BIOS. However, when I decide to boot from the USB drive, a message appears:
"⚠️Operating system loader signature found in SecureBoot exclusion database ('dbx'). All bootable devices failed Secure Boot verification."
The only button I can click is "Continue," which takes me back to Windows 11.
I would also like to clarify that Rufus detects the USB drive, and I have already reinstalled the ISO multiple times. I chose the Nvidia version.
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