Broke My Linux Install

[TurbulentWinds]

I was running Elementary OS on my laptop and the AppCenter crashed while updating. I had to restart and the install was broken. I don't have any important files on it so I'm just trying to reinstall. However, my USB drive is not being detected by the BIOS in any port. Any ideas?

[tech_garage]

any chance your bios is set to uefi and not legacy? my Toshiba will not recognize 2.0 or 3.0 usb sticks with any Linux based installer until it's changed over to legacy.

[Radium_Angel]

Hold up a second....

What's on the USB stick that isn't being seen? Is that where the OS is?

When you boot (or attempt to) to Elementary OS...what errors are you getting?

[TurbulentWinds]

13 minutes ago, tech_garage said:

any chance your bios is set to uefi and not legacy? my Toshiba will not recognize 2.0 or 3.0 usb sticks with any Linux based installer until it's changed over to legacy.

It was on Legacy I think. I'll check if it works on UEFI.

[TurbulentWinds]

13 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

Hold up a second....

What's on the USB stick that isn't being seen? Is that where the OS is?

When you boot (or attempt to) to Elementary OS...what errors are you getting?

USB drive is burned with the install image. The errors on Elementary aren't really relevant. If there's one thing I've learned from computers, its that reinstalling is easier than fixing the actual problem.

[unkn0wn1]

I totally have to do that all the time with linux.

[habbasi]

Check a few things:

• If you're using legacy mode, the drive has to be burned in MBR mode for BIOS/UEFI (Rufus). Do this if the HDD/SSD you're installing to is formatted as MBR.
• If you're using UEFI, it's best to burn it using GPT mode for UEFI (Rufus) and to disable secure boot. Secure boot usually only seems to work with Windows. Do this if the HDD/SSD you're installing to is formatted as GPT.
• Try a manual boot override. On most modern PCs it's F12 at boot, but some laptops have it at F8. It's usually displayed on startup as "Boot override" or similar.

I recommend Rufus as the best tool for flashing USB sticks. Works with any Linux and Windows ISO I've tried. Most of the time, the default settings are what you want.

[TurbulentWinds]

21 minutes ago, habbasi said:

Check a few things:

• If you're using legacy mode, the drive has to be burned in MBR mode for BIOS/UEFI (Rufus). Do this if the HDD/SSD you're installing to is formatted as MBR.
• If you're using UEFI, it's best to burn it using GPT mode for UEFI (Rufus) and to disable secure boot. Secure boot usually only seems to work with Windows. Do this if the HDD/SSD you're installing to is formatted as GPT.
• Try a manual boot override. On most modern PCs it's F12 at boot, but some laptops have it at F8. It's usually displayed on startup as "Boot override" or similar.

I recommend Rufus as the best tool for flashing USB sticks. Works with any Linux and Windows ISO I've tried. Most of the time, the default settings are what you want.

After a bit of screwing around in the BIOS and installing Linux a total of 8 times, I have come to the conclusion that my drive is dead.

[habbasi]

On 11/10/2017 at 1:02 AM, TurbulentWinds said:

After a bit of screwing around in the BIOS and installing Linux a total of 8 times, I have come to the conclusion that my drive is dead.

Really sorry to hear that. RIP.