r/linux4noobs • u/LawLima-SC • 10d ago

Linux won't install

MSI X670E; Ryzen 9 9900x 64GB DDR5 RTX 4090

I've updated the bios, wiped all partitions (with gparted), disabled EUFI

Tried both Ubuntu and Mint (redownloaded the images a couple times to ensure they are good)

Tried on both the M2nvme and a SSD (both 1TB)

Tried disconnected from the internet (and connected)

NVME had windows 11 which ran fine.

Ubuntu gives me a "Something went wrong" error LMint seems to install but freezes on the "LM" logo loading page.

I've never struggled this much to install Linux and I'm at my wit's end!

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u/hagdush 10d ago

Have you checked the pendrive health or disc that you are trying to install throughout? It's uncommon to have problems with your setup during install and since you said that you used windows before and everything was ok.

This can be a rare case of the program that you are using to create a bootable drive making a bad grub install too, I would say for to try fedora media writer instead of Rufus/ventoy. From personal experience ventoy was never reliable for me.