"PXE-E61: Media test failure" installation boot problem with Ubuntu

For the first time in my Life I am installing an OS. I installed it properly using a USB. After the installation, it asked to restart. On restarting, two things are happening:

1. I restart with the pendrive It is asking me to select one of the four options-

   Try Ubuntu without installation
   Install Ubuntu
   OEM install (for manufacturers)
   Check disk for defects

2. I restart without the pendrive It says- PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable PXE-M0F: Reboot and Select proper Boot device.

Please help!!

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5 Answers

• Remove the installation media(pendrive) and then change the boot order in bios to HDD as the first option.

• Save the changes and then reboot your pc.

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Install the OS again on the hard drive and test to load again without the USB when it asks to remove all media to restart as you already have the first option set on BIOS to be the HDD to load.

thankyou SO much for all your inputs!! Figured out the problem -I had booted Ubuntu via UEFI(Which is supposed to be there to support HDD greater than 2 TB). But my HDD is only 1 TB. Hence, the OS must not have installed properly. -I then re-installed it in the Legacy mode, and now, it works just fine!

This is my first experience with Open Source stuff! And I really, really LOVE the community over here! Your prompt replies motivated me to not give up so easily! Thankyou so much once again!!!

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It looks like it did not install properly...

Try running the install again, but selecting 'Something Else', and creating:

• A / partition (that contains all the stuff for the system, so needs to be somewhere above 20GB/20000MB in size)

• And a /home partition (where all the user's stuff goes on the computer), which can be large or small as you like, though you would probably want as large as possible.

Make sure that your hard drive is selected for the bootloader and for partitioning - it is likely to be /dev/sda

Like this (not the same - e.g. both Format boxes may be ticked etc):

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Old laptop with new Debian installer, I had to go into BIOS and change to UEFI and then boot with USB into rescue mode to reinstall Grub installer to /dev/sda and it worked great. Hope that helps. SSF

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