Error with Linux Installation.

[Technobabble1337]

So i was going through the steps to install Lubuntu onto my folks old Macbook (2009-2010, something like that) and i ran into an error where there is a black screen with a solid white dash in the left hand corner. Would it be a hardware issue? If so, would it be an indication of needing to replace the internal storage drive? I had previously installed Lubuntu successfully on this system. But the laptop ran into a problem with WLAN, which led me to seek to reinstall Lubuntu to try to fix the issue.

[kelvinhall05]

Sounds like it's locking up when trying to load, can you disable quiet boot and see if it gives any errors? Also, see if you can switch to a different TTY.

[Technobabble1337]

6 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Sounds like it's locking up when trying to load, can you disable quiet boot and see if it gives any errors? Also, see if you can switch to a different TTY.

I'll give it a try.

[Technobabble1337]

8 minutes ago, Technobabble1337 said:

I'll give it a try.

I got it to boot to the existing operating system, so that's a start, thanks for your suggestion (wasn't able to get the bios open), I'll work on it from here