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I got a new laptop with FreeDOS in it. I'm trying to install Ubuntu in it. Whenever I'm selecting the device to boot from, this error is occurring. How do I fix this?

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    Were you able to boot the live system ("try out Ubuntu" instead of install)? Which Ubuntu release do you have?
    – Takkat
    Aug 24, 2018 at 6:12
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    Are you sure your RAM is OK? (try run memtest86) Aug 24, 2018 at 8:46
  • @takkat No. I couldn't try the system even. I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 Aug 24, 2018 at 14:13
  • It indeed may be a RAM issue or another hardware incompatibility - if the memtest did not fail try if you have more luck with an 18.04.1 live system (newer hadware may be better supported).
    – Takkat
    Aug 24, 2018 at 14:17
  • Its somewhere in here. elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v4.10/source/init/do_mounts.c#L381
    – Sam
    Aug 24, 2018 at 15:51

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re-download the ISO over a more stable connection. It said something about junk in the archive so the download probably corrupted.

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  • It is better to check the checksums of the downloaded image to make sure the issue lies there and not somewhere else.
    – hkBst
    Aug 24, 2018 at 13:31
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See the first line it says Initramfs unpacking failed : junk in the uncompressed archive that means your image has some junk or is corrupted . Download the image again and perform a check on it such as md5sum and when it matches with the key on the website you can proceed to make a bootable from it. You can find the md5sum string on the download page.

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