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Just bought asrock riptide mb, 1tb m2 ssd from wd, 8tb barracuda. XFX rx6600 gpu. Drives unformatted but recognized in the BIOS. Fast boot turned off.

I've tried to install several distros using USB stick and they all fail. I have used rufus with many options and a myriad of bios options. I tried mx because this has the advanced hardware support option which I hoped would aid things. I am now using ventoy for the isos so I can have them all on the same disk. I think ventoy is working but still no dice.

I get it to load up the mx linux install screen, then I get to a screen saying checking for boot disk or something like that and it hangs. When I hit F1 I can see it says "loading necessary hardware modules..." but even letting it hang for an hour does nothing.

I was able to get the linux mint installer to work on this machine I am currently using, and install it onto a 3tb disk that I put in the new machine, but it won't boot from that disk.

Q1: do I require internet to install? If not is it better to try without it?

Q2: Could this be a USB support issue? It is fairly new hardware.

Anything else to be tried? Am at wit's end and may have to buy windows for it if this keeps up.

Also make sure secure boot is disabled. If you can, post the Quick System Info with your post.

siamhie wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 10:40 pm Also make sure secure boot is disabled. If you can, post the Quick System Info with your post.

Yeah I have that off. I can't get to that stage unfortunately.

lunix2000 wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 10:42 pm

siamhie wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 10:40 pm Also make sure secure boot is disabled. If you can, post the Quick System Info with your post.

Yeah I have that off. I can't get to that stage unfortunately.

If you can get the live ISO to boot to the desktop, you can search for Quick System Info.

siamhie wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 10:44 pm

lunix2000 wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 10:42 pm

siamhie wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 10:40 pm Also make sure secure boot is disabled. If you can, post the Quick System Info with your post.

Yeah I have that off. I can't get to that stage unfortunately.

If you can get the live ISO to boot to the desktop, you can search for Quick System Info.

It never gets to the desktop it is stuck on 'looking for boot disks'.

Some motherboards have boot from USB disabled by default.

A picture of your error would be helpful. It's not clear where you are your being stopped.

lunix2000 wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 9:34 pm I get it to load up the mx linux install screen, then I get to a screen saying checking for boot disk or something like that and it hangs.

Not quite understanding this? Does the thumb drive boot up?

Try F11 to get the BIOS boot screen and select your thumb drive.
https://www.technewstoday.com/asrock-usb-boot/

It's impossible to take a screenshot and nowhere to save it if I could. The BIO finds the USB and boots. This brings up the ventoy menu and I select mx linux iso. This brings up a menu that is from the ISO and I select the first option which is install mx-64 or something like that. Then it has a black screen with a message and a dot below it, a loading screen. It says searching for boot drive or something like this. I assume this is normal before you go to the desktop but it never goes anywhere. On the bottom left it says ALT+F1 to see boot sequence and bottom right F10 to return here.

If I hit ALT+F1 it shows a few messages and the last is "loading necessary hardware modules" or something like that but it never progresses.

This board is equipped with WIFI which I did not want but it was the only one I could find that had all the other features I wanted. Could this be causing the problem? Is internet REQUIRED for this kind of install? Is it possible to install with NO internet? My guess is that the USB or WIFI is causing issues because I don't even get the installation going on any distro but I am not sure how to check this.

I use Ventoy and these are the steps I use to boot up my ISO's.


From the Ventoy boot screen, select the ISO.




On the next screen, select normal mode.



Now on the welcome screen, set up your Language, Keyboard, Timezone.




Once done, navigate up to the first entry and press enter to boot the live ISO.

siamhie wrote: Thu Aug 15, 2024 2:39 am I use Ventoy and these are the steps I use to boot up my ISO's.


From the Ventoy boot screen, select the ISO.




On the next screen, select normal mode.



Now on the welcome screen, set up your Language, Keyboard, Timezone.




Once done, navigate up to the first entry and press enter to boot the live ISO.

Yes, that's what I do then it fails to initialize in the way described. Do you know if it is required to have an internet connection? Is there a way that does not require this if so???