THE> Thank again for all the recent advice.  I have one question.  I
THE> installed Ubuntu (from a 20.04 flash drive I did a while back)
THE> and checked the option to download additional software.  It was
THE> then up and running.  I then had updates available.  They were
THE> installing, and then the computer said a restart was needed.  I
THE> clicked restart and rather than restart as expected it went to
THE> what I think was a grub menu. Ubuntu was highlighted, I hit the
THE> enter key.  It said "unpacking failed" (forget if before or
THE> after) and started up. Everything seems to be fine, but I am
THE> sending this email in case if anyone knows if I will have
THE> problems.

Did you remember to remove the USB stick?  Just making sure you
weren't booting off that.  The next thing to check is to just reboot
and not touch anything.  Does it boot on it's own?  If it does, then
you're just seeing the message during the timeout phase it gives you
to select different boot options.

If it does NOT boot properly, then we're going to need more details.
Basically, when you get to the grub menu and Ubuntu is highlighted,
just don't do anything and see if it boots on it's own.

THE> I tried googling "Ubuntu unpacking failed" and se references to
THE> initramfs, but can't say if my message said this.  It flashed
THE> quickly.  I'm confused on what I read there anyway.

THE> FYI  on the bios to make things work I changed:
THE> PTT to off
THE> Secure Boot Enable to off
THE> Changed RAID to AHCHI

What happens if you change these one by one?  With 3 changes, you have
8 different combinations.  But the last one, RAID to AHCI, I agree
with.  Not sure what the PTT means, I associate it with Push To Talk
myself.


THE> The machine seems blazing fast compared to the previous one.
THE> Materials much more cheaply made, though.  Surprised me that
THE> there was no Windows CD or label with license number.

Most systems these days just come with a Windows10 restore partition.
But you can also just install windows 10 from an image you download
from MS and it just works.  For some value of works.  :-)
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