[lubuntu-users] Trouble installing 16.04 via live USB, hard drive prob?

[Liam Proven]

This message makes no sense to me.

On 9 August 2016 at 06:26, Marlon Ng <guikaye at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello guys. I'm using lubuntu. I decided to do a clean upgrade from 14.04 to
> 16.04 via live USB.

Hang on. Do you actually know what these words mean?

Either you can do a clean install, which is not an upgrade. The word
"clean" means "no trace of a previous system".

Or, you can do an upgrade, which is by definition not "clean".

Which did you want? Which did you mean in your message?

> I didn't bother to format the partition (where 14.04 was
> installed) before running the live USB, since the installation process gives
> you the option of doing so, correct?

Er, yes it does. But you can't do an upgrade from USB image. To
upgrade, you use the running system and run the update manager.

The "alternate ISO" which had an upgrade script was dropped after 12.10:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2012-August/035675.html


> Also, after formatting on the fly,

What does "formatting on the fly" mean?

> the used space was 800+ mb, is this
> normal?

You don't say how big your disk is. We cannot answer.

> When it was done, I couldn't boot into lubuntu. Only a black screen with a
> phrase that says something about blocks. Then it just sits there. Upon
> booting again with live usb, I noticed the partition still had only 800+ mb
> used space, which means lubuntu did not install? I've tried several times,
> same result.

You seem to be suffering severe confusion. You should resolve that first.

> I thought live USB was the problem because it can only "Install Lubuntu" but
> not "Try Lubuntu without installing".

On what basis did you think this? It does both. All versions do. Only
the server/netinstall images do not support live operation.

> But booting the live USB in another
> computer could do both tasks. So now I'm confused.
> Is the problem hard drive or live USB?

You have not given us /nearly/ enough information to decide.


-- 
Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile
Email: lproven at cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven
MSN: lproven at hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven
Cell/Mobiles: +44 7939-087884 (UK) • +420 702 829 053 (ČR)