Why won't Ubuntu install on my Shuttle?

Norman of Anstruther

2/22/24, 8:46 PM

I'm trying to install Ubuntu on an old Shuttle, using a USB stick. On booting, I get a screen with GNU GRUB 2.06 and a menu of 4 choices:

Try or Install Ubuntu
Ubuntu (safe graphics)
OEM install (for manufacturers)
Test memory

Apart from test memory (which does report some errors, but I think a memory hole fixes that; anyway the BIOS also tests memory and reports no errors) any of the first 3 options simply brings up a dark screen with a cursor flashing top left. I have left it for several minutes but nothing more has happened.

Here's the background. I have downloaded both ubuntu-22.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso ubuntu-22.10-desktop-amd64.iso on my iMac and used BalenaEtcher to flash them to USB sticks. I have tried 2 different sticks and two different USB ports in case they were at fault. The Shuttle specs are:

Processor: 3GHz Pentium(R) CPU with Hyper-Threading Technology
Memory: 1GB
Disk: Maxtor 6Y120L0, 120GB
Optical: Optiarc DVD RW AD-5200A 1.05

Not ideal, but surely adequate. The Shuttle currently runs Windows XP from the hard disk.

I could perhaps boot Ubuntu off the DVD drive instead, but I thought the USB route was simpler and more likely to succeed.

Any suggestions? Thanks ...

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Pilot6

2/22/24, 8:48 PM

1 GB of RAM is not enough.

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Pilot6

2/22/24, 8:51 PM

As you can see at the official web site

Minimum requirements for Ubuntu 22.04 are:

4 GB system memory

1 GB is obviously not enough.

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Norman of Anstruther

2/22/24, 8:58 PM

Ah. I read that as "recommended system requirements" and not "mandatory system requirements." I will look for something smaller. thanks for taking the time to point out an elementary error :)

Pilot6

2/22/24, 9:00 PM

This is a bit confusing, but really Ubuntu won't work on 1 GB. It may work more or less OK on 3 GB, but not on 1.

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