Flashed 16GB USB drive with downloaded ISO using balenaEtcher
Plugged USB drive into Gateway laptop (while shutdown)
Turned laptop on
Waited for Gateway splash screen and pressed F10 to go to boot menu
Selected USB HDD: Lexar USB Flash Drive
Pressed Enter
Expected Behavior
Expected to see (pardon my naivety) a bunch of text scrolling faster than I can read any of it followed by a blank screen and then the elementary OS installer.
OS Version
7.x (Horus)
Software Version
Latest release (I have run all updates)
Log Output
(Might not be 100% right, I detected text from the screenshot I attached above and touched it up a bit but I can't guarantee it's completely accurate.)
[ 3.221661] Initramfs unpacking failed: write error
[ 3.444573] Failed to execute /init (error -2)
[ 3.444927] Kernel panic - not syncing: No working init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. See Linux Docunentation/admin-guide/init.rst for guidance.
[ 3.444981] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.2.0-33-generic #33~22.04.1-Ubuntu
[ 3.445026] Hardware name: Cateway MT6451 /, BIOS 84.05 11/01/2006
[ 3.445073] Call Trace:
[ 3.445114] <TASK>
[ 3.445156] dump_stack_lvl+0x48/0x70
[ 3.445204] dump_stack+0x10/0x20
[ 3.445244] panic+0x35a/0x3a0
[ 3.445289] ? kernel_execve+0x164/0x1c0
[ 3.445332] kernel_init+0x1a0/0x200
[ 3.445376] ? __pfx_kernel_init+0x10/0x10
[ 3.445420] ret_fron_fork+0x2c/0x50
[ 3.445464] </TASK>
[ 3.445516] Kernel Offset: 0x38000000 from Oxffffffff81000000 (relocation ran ge: Oxffffffff80000000-0xffffffffbfffffff)
[ 3.445565] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: No working init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. See Linux Documentation/admin-guide/init.rst for guidance. ]---
Hardware Info
The laptop I'm working with was given to me by a friend. I don't know everything about it but here's what I've learned from looking in the BIOS:
BIOS: PheonixBIOS v84.05
IDE 0 Master: ST9120824A-(PM)
IDE 0 Slaver: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7530A-(PS)
CPU Type: AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-50
CPU Speed: 1600 MHz
Cache Ram: 512 KB
Total Memory: 1024 MB
Slot1/Slot2 Memory: 512 MB
Video Memory: 128 MB
What Happened?
When attempting to boot off my 16GB USB drive on a (presumably) 2009 Gateway laptop originally running Windows Vista, I am presented with this screen:
Steps to Reproduce
USB HDD: Lexar USB Flash DriveExpected Behavior
Expected to see (pardon my naivety) a bunch of text scrolling faster than I can read any of it followed by a blank screen and then the elementary OS installer.
OS Version
7.x (Horus)
Software Version
Latest release (I have run all updates)
Log Output
(Might not be 100% right, I detected text from the screenshot I attached above and touched it up a bit but I can't guarantee it's completely accurate.)
Hardware Info
The laptop I'm working with was given to me by a friend. I don't know everything about it but here's what I've learned from looking in the BIOS:
BIOS: PheonixBIOS v84.05
IDE 0 Master: ST9120824A-(PM) IDE 0 Slaver: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7530A-(PS)
CPU Type: AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-50 CPU Speed: 1600 MHz Cache Ram: 512 KB
Total Memory: 1024 MB Slot1/Slot2 Memory: 512 MB Video Memory: 128 MB