Blank screen when booting from USB drive

Question

Here is what I have done:

1. I downloaded the iso "ubuntu-12.04-desktop-amd64"

2. I used Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.0.0 to make a bootable USB drive.

3. I restarted PC and changed the boot option to USB HDD.

4. I got a menu to:

   • Boot from USB
   • Install to hard drive
   • Help
   • etc

5. When I click Boot from USB or Install to hard drive, loads of text flies past and then I get a blank screen and I can't see anything.

What can I do so I can see the installation screen? I'm using a dual monitor setup from my GFX card and my main display is on my HDMI port to my TV.

Solution

I recommend you use 1 monitor untill you have completely installed Ubuntu, secondly I would need more details about your computer but you should be disabling UEFI boot from the USB and try to run it legacy mode. Please give as much information as possible, thank you.

Comments

[nanofarad]

Anybody want to suggest nomodeset?

[Admin]

Do you see anything at all when booting from USB? If this is your first time installing Ubuntu 12.04, then right when you boot from usb, try and hit the 'F6' key while at the GRUB menu, then adding "b43.blacklist=yes" (without quotations) to the end of the Ubuntu line and try booting up normally. If 'F6' doesn't work, try pressing 'e' instead and doing the exact same thing. The usual problem is booting screen lockup, because of a firmware error. When you press 'Esc' during bootup it will show what is loading, and then, if any errors occur, it will say what the problem is and usually it is the

[Nusrat Nuriyev]

But how are they related?