Trying to install linux on a old laptop and running into a bootup issue :( Please help if possible

[ng4ever]

Top picture is where it goes first then it goes to second screen.

Yes I visited the link but really no clues.

Please help if possible. Thanks.

 

[Nobu]

You're OS bootloader either hasn't been installed, the partition hasn't been marked bootable, or the bios doesn't support the bootloader you installed.

 

[ng4ever]

You're OS bootloader either hasn't been installed, the partition hasn't been marked bootable, or the bios doesn't support the bootloader you installed.

Ok thank you.

 

[ng4ever]

This is with Ubuntu linux.

 

[Nobu]

What laptop is that?

 

[ng4ever]

What laptop is that?

Elitebook 2570p why ?

 

[Nobu]

Elitebook 2570p why ?

So I can go lookup info about it (bios/uefi, cpu, etc). You used a plain old ubuntu install image, right?

 

[ng4ever]

So I can go lookup info about it (bios/uefi, cpu, etc). You used a plain old ubuntu install image, right?

Yes I did.

 

[Nobu]

Grr, HP has nothing about what kind of bios/fw is on the laptop, of course.

Boot the install/live cd and choose 'try it out' or whatever it is. Open up a terminal/console and run grub-install, tell me what it spits out (probably an error).

Also, the output of `ls -lh /dev/disk/by-path` may be useful later.

 

[ng4ever]

Grr, HP has nothing about what kind of bios/fw is on the laptop, of course.

Boot the install/live cd and choose 'try it out' or whatever it is. Open up a terminal/console and run grub-install, tell me what it spits out (probably an error).

Also, the output of `ls -lh /dev/disk/by-path` may be useful later.

Installing for i386-pc platform
grub-install: error: install device isn't specified.

 

[IceDigger]

It all has to do with installation as MBR or UEFI and whatever is selected in the BIOS.

 

[lopoetve]

ok. booting from USB or did you burn a DVD/CD?

 

[bigddybn]

Do you even see your drive in BIOS?