Trouble Installing Ubuntu 22.04 from USB Stick

[Stephen Partington]

I have noticed that Ubuntu "Desktop" installs have been weird with LVM
support. To the point, I have had to use the server install media to
install and set up LVM.

On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 9:09 PM Mark Phillips via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> It seemed to work. After wiping out the lvm with gparted, the installation
> went forward as expected.
>
> There should be a log somewhere or terminal session that shows error
> message from the installer.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark
>
> On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 4:31 PM Matt Graham via PLUG-discuss <
> plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
>> On 2022-07-20 14:56, Mark Phillips via PLUG-discuss wrote:
>> > I have an older System 76 laptop running 18.04 in a lvm across 2
>> > disks (1 TB and 2 TB).
>> >
>> > I downloaded 22.04 desktop iso, verified it, installed it on a USB
>> > drive [...] When I try to install it, I get as far as the 5th screen,
>> > Installation Type, where I select the 1 TB drive and hit continue.
>> > Nothing happens after that. I had selected normal installation,
>> > download updates, and erase disk. [...]
>> >
>> > Could this have anything to do with the lvm currently installed
>> > across the two drives? Should I go into the "try" part of the USB
>> > drive, open gparted, and reformat the two internal drives, then start
>> > the installation again?
>>
>> This is what I'd try.  Some part of the installer is probably scanning
>> for stuff, getting confused by seeing this LVM setup, and refusing to
>> erase the partition table and/or LVM metadata.  If nothing else, you can
>> then test your "restore all non-OS data from backups" procedure this
>> way, which is always a useful thing to do.
>>
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