Public bug reported: USB boot drive seems to have problems.
I tried burning iso image with both Ubuntu and WinX applications. Both failed in different ways. I suspect the usb stick is corrupt, but I don't know why the formatting function doesn't fix that. I may purchase another usb stick, but it's too late to save Ubuntu 15.4. Thankfully, I can still boot into WinX - even that didn't work at first. I was trying to reinstall 15.4 because of the persistent BSODs (black screens of death). I suspect I have made the matter worse, but I couldn't find any useful guidance. I was better off in the 'ol Win95 days - Win98 was a great upgrade. Alas, the world has passed me by. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: ubiquity 2.21.25 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-15.15-generic 3.19.3 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-15-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CasperVersion: 1.360 Date: Sun Jun 14 19:27:50 2015 InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent noprompt floppy.allowed_drive_mask=0 ignore_uuid initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --- BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SourcePackage: ubiquity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug ubiquity-2.21.25 ubuntu vivid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1465072 Title: failed to Install To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1465072/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs