Try Ubuntu 17.10 from USB installation disk crashes

[Liam Proven]

On 26 October 2017 at 22:57, David L <david4lists at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 1:06 PM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On 26 October 2017 at 21:55, David L <david4lists at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On one of my computers (motherboard=M5A99FX PRO R2.0), Ubuntu 17.10
>> > crashes
>> > when attempting to "try ubuntu without installing".  It prints a call
>> > trace:
>>
>> What BIOS version do you have?
>>
>> The latest is 2501:
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>> https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/M5A99FX_PRO_R20/HelpDesk_BIOS/
>>
>> I recommend updating the firmware and trying again.
>>
> Yes, I had already done that.  I had 2301 before and I upgraded to 2501 and
> tried again before I reported the problem.  No joy.

Ah, right. Well, that's an excellent step to try! Sorry to hear it didn't help.

The error appears to be concerning AHCI which means it relates to SATA
disks and their connections. That's something to check.

> Also, I forgot to mention that this same system was running 15.10 and
> working.

Aha. In that case it's worth giving 16.04 a try...

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