Failure installing Ubuntu 24.04 on an USB stick

[Volker Wysk]

Am Freitag, dem 16.08.2024 um 14:18 +0200 schrieb Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-
users:
> On Fri, 2024-08-16 at 12:37 +0200, Volker Wysk wrote:
> > There's just one very small first (1 MB) partition, with a file
> > system unrecognized by Gparted. In the second partition, which encompasses
> > most of the place, there's a "/boot" directory, but it includes only four
> > small files, with names beginning with "memtest86".
> 
> PS:
> 
> Oops, I was too fast with my reply.
> 
> Very small unallocated space doesn't matter, I've seen this sometimes,
> too, but it should not be a partition, just unallocated space.
> 
> However, you seem not to have a bootloader config or a kernel at all.

Yes.

> The result, a black screen with a blinking white _ is the same, it's
> just not that easy to solve.

It looks like the Ubuntu installer botched the installation.

Cheers,
Volker