Need Help installing kubuntu 14.10

[BaritoneGary]

I can't get a command prompt. Trying to install on a new SSD. Tried DVD and USB. No success yet. I'm learning, but not very fast!
Thanks.

[BaritoneGary]

I tried 3 different USB drives, (all 4GB) PNY, Kingston and SanDisk. I used the installer. No success yet.

[vinnywright]

you are not being descriptive enough ,,,,,,,have you gotten a USB to boot to the live environment yet ?

VINNY

[BaritoneGary]

Need Help installing kubuntu 14.10

you are not being descriptive enough ,,,,,,,have you gotten a USB to boot to the live environment yet ?

VINNY

I do not know what LIVE ENVIRONMENT is. All I know is that I have a blue screen with a grey insert with "kubuntu 14.10" on the top, and wherever the curser is, it is two round balls circling one another. No keystrokes work, including the TAB.

[BaritoneGary]

To create bootable media from ISOs in Windows, use Win32 Disk Imager. Most of the other tools don't properly create UFEI bootable drives.

I went out and purchased 4 more 8GD USB flash drives, which were formatted NTFS and FAT32. Used the tool, burned images, tried 32 bit and 64 bit. No success. The processor will handle 64 bit, but was previously used with Windows XP, which crashed and died. New SSD and memory. Cannot get a prompt to install kubuntu, and cannot get a live environment.

[SteveRiley]

It doesn't matter what partition arrangement or file system is on the drive, as Win32 Disk Imager writes the raw image directly to the drive. This image includes a partition table and file systems.

"No success" isn't very informative. Please explain, in detail, how you run the tool and then what happens after you boot from the USB.

[BaritoneGary]

When it is done loading, the pretty blue screen is all I see (mouse works). No keystrokes work. The only way out is the power button.

[Teunis]

To take out any misunderstandings, can you (try to) boot up a USB with 14.04 or 15.04?

[BaritoneGary]

Tried both of those. Ended up installing Ubuntu (latest version, 64bit) with USB. Loaded and installed without a hitch. I guess I've given up on kubuntu. By the way, I tried Mint also, but it wouldn't load either.

[Teunis]

Hmmmm

So now you can install Kubuntu on top of Ubuntu!

[BaritoneGary]

Is there any advantage? I'm pretty happy with Ubuntu 14.04.2

[xennex81]

Shame the installer wouldn't load. I have ISO load issues too from time to time. Always think it's my computer... I would definitely suggest Kubuntu over Ubuntu because of the KDE environment. 14.10 has never let me down (well, not really). It seems to me your installer really *hung* while loading. That's unfortunate and not much what anyone can do about it really. I hope you will still find your luck here. If you saw the spinning balls then probably you did all things right.