cannot install unetbootin

[Liam Proven]

On Sat, 2 Mar 2024 at 06:52, Bo Berglund <bo.berglund at gmail.com> wrote:

> Question:
>
> If I get a new PC (which probably comes with Windows 10 or 11) can I then
> replace the drive and install Ubuntu on the brand new empty drive?

Er, yes.

> Boot from USB (Ventoy) into a standalone GParted and delete the existing
> partitions and then create a system and a home partition on the drive.

Yes.
>
> Boot from USB into the Ubuntu install ISO and put Ubuntu onto the disk as the
> single system?

Yes.

> I will have to get a new server running in a not too distant future and want to
> know how to nuke Windows and get a clean Linux system.

All of the above?

> Or is that impossible nowadays, for example because f/w cannot be updated from
> Ubuntu or similar?

I am puzzled by this.

There is a UEFI-based firmware updating tool for Linux now. It's
called "fwupd" and it has a GNOME front end called "Firmware".

But it's not universal. It can only update systems and components it
knows about.

It does not do the work itself. It puts a firmware-updating boot entry
into the UEFI ESP. Next reboot, that runs, does the update, and
removes itself.

Then you boot back into your normal OS.

But it does work. I've used it.

> If so how can one go about it to get a working system *without* Windows?

I don't really understand the question.

Many vendors now sell systems that only have and only run Linux. Of
course it is 100% doable.

If the machine has UEFI then you *must* have an ESP. No exceptions.

If it has GPT hard disks, you also must have a tiny "bios boot"
partition for Grub.

But yes, it 100% works, fine.

Use the old SDD, remove Windows' partitions, install Linux.
Or format it and install Linux.
Or install a new one and install Linux.
Whatever you want.

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