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Ubuntu 12.04 won't install

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I have a problem I have had before. When I create a USB drive to install Ubuntu 12.04 using startup disk creator, it won't work. It doesn't give me any errors, but when I restart the PC to boot into the USB drive (settings are correct in BIOS), I get the option to:
1) Try Live CD
2) Install Ubuntu 12.04
3) Check the disk

I choose option 2 and after that, nothing happens, just black screen no matter how long I wait.

I tried creating the USB using unetbootin, on both Ubuntu 11.10 and Windows 7, but same issue.

I have had this problem installing Ubuntu 11.10 too, but it was solved by creating the USB drive in Linux Mint. But I don't have Mint installed now, so I hope someone knows what the problem could be. Thanks in advance!

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answered 1 Year ago sator · Accepted Answer

Ok, I fixed the problem myself.

I got a tip to use the Ubuntu Alternate CD, so I burned that one, giving me another installation interface, which installed perfectly, but after rebooting it got stuck on a purple screen.

I went back to the Ubuntu 12.04 64bit USB-stick, and added a parameter to the installation, namely "nomodeset", which is a work around for people with GFX card which is not open-sourced supported by Ubuntu. Installation went fine, everything works as it should, and added the propietary drivers later.