[ubuntu-studio-users] Installation of 20.04 on a Dell T7600

[Mike Squires]

Well, finally got it to work.

(1)  Don't try to use a KVM switch while installing, too many hardware 
changes during the install.

(2)  My PS/2 mouse didn't work with the ISO instance.  It seems to work 
OK once Ubuntu Studio is running, however.

.I booted from a USB stick created using "tuxboot" under Windows 10 Pro 
using the MS installation on the disk I wished to dual boot.  "tuxboot" 
allowed me to create a Clonezilla USB stick as well as the Ubuntu Studio 
stick.  I had to use the stick as the three T7600's I have all have bad 
internal CD/DVD drives, and I needed a UEFI installation.

(3)  Boot to trying out Ubuntu Studio, not directly to install. The 
latter did not work for me, and I tried several times.  The problems 
were all different.  Once I discovered (1) and (2) I discovered

(4)  Don't install proprietary software during the installation 
process.  This always caused the installation to crash with a known 
error.  I skipped that option and then ran the software updater after 
installation, hope that works.

The T7600 has a Xeon CPU and a nVidia Quadro K2000 which may have caused 
some of my problems.  They were relatively cheap, $125 with 16 GB of 
RAM.  Their main issue is high power consumption, power supply is rated 
at 1300 watts.

Mike Squires




Once I had discovered (1) I discovered

(3)  My old PS/2 mouse didn't work with the instan

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