I have a dell OptiPlex 960 it has windows on 1 hardrive and I'm putting Ubuntu on the other but when I go to boot from the usb it says it isnt available.. HOW DO I FIX IT??? DELLS ARE HARD AND LINUX IS TO WHAT DID I GET MYSELF INTO lol

Did you make the USB with Ubuntu on it bootable? I.e use Rufus or another program?

This post was edited by MrSK on Mar 3 2025 01:53pm

Rufus tryed gpt and other one iso matches and isnt a corrupt one also like to mention it is an sd adapter usb jsyk

This post was edited by Joedirt2727 on Mar 3 2025 08:21pm

If it says “insert media” or “no bootable devices found” when you try to boot from them then it wasn’t flashed properly or you have a setting in the bios you need to change.

I know on newer HPs you need a RST driver to see the drives properly. Not sure if Dell has an equivalent but it’s worth a Google

Could the fact that its a sd be apart of the problem if so ima have to grab a usb sometime

Never heard or tried to boot from an sd card. I would get a USB drive and try it out

Mk ty

Figured it out the sdReaderUsb was not working with ubuntu and I put it on a real usb not it works ty all for MrSk for feedback

Did the make the usb clear .