I am currently trying to install Ubuntu as a Dual boot to my Windows.
I have created a USB-installer using Rufus and the downlodable iso from Ubuntu's own website.
However, when I boot my computer with the USB, and select Ubuntu through the grub loader, I am stuck with the error: “Initramfs unpacking failed: Decoding failed”, while some of my screen is flickering.
I have afterwards tried to boot my laptop using the same bootable USB, and are not met with the error on the laptop.
Does anyone know how i should proceed? Or have anyone also encountered this?
Best Answer
It's kind of a bogus error, unless you can't fully boot into Ubuntu.
Either boot into Ubuntu, or into Recovery Mode from the GRUB menu...
...and type the following commands. This will rebuild the (possibly) broken ramdisk file.
sudo update-initramfs -c -k $(uname -r)
reboot