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Hello I am trying to solve my problems for days but couldn't find any solution so here is the story and the question:

I have created a portable Ubuntu 18.04 following this guide https://www.fosslinux.com/10212/how-to-install-a-complete-ubuntu-on-a-usb-flash-drive.htm . I have also added another EFI partition as the installation prompted me to do so.

I have completed these steps on an old machine with:

Intel 2nd Gen. i7 CPU, nVidia GT630M GPU, 12 GB of RAM

The portable Ubuntu runs in the old system so far but when I switch the computers, Ubuntu just stuck at a full black screen after the 5 dots are passed.

The new system has the following hardware configuration:

Intel 8th Gen. i7 CPU, nVidia GTX1070M GPU, 24 GB of RAM

So if anyone has encountered the same problem or any solution I will appreciate your answers. If you have any advice on reinstalling Ubuntu on the USB I can also do that.

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After a year my system worked with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

I have found the following guide:

https://medium.com/@nitinpatel_20236/fixing-the-problems-installing-ubuntu-on-asus-rog-laptop-asus-gl503ge-5b6f497201b8

I did not changed anything from BIOS and booted from installation USB. From the options I selected Ubuntu (Safe Graphics) and added nouveau.modeset=0 to the boot options as the reply and guide directed.

My USB size is 128 GB and partition table is something like this:

  • / :64 GB (root)
  • /swap :20 GB (swap)
  • /home: 40 GB

After installing I added the nVidia graphics drivers from Software Updater. Touchpad and all the other hardware work normally except the nVidia sound card (Which is a very common issue as I understand; if I find a solution to that, I will add it also here).

Thanks for your help!

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