Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Raspberry Pi 5. NVMe install Fix

ubuntu 24.04 LTS download link

Forum discussion

SD card install works with Raspberry Pi imager but not NVMe
NVMe install works with Balena etcher. Install Balena etcher with Pi Apps

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases

Amazon US & other Countries Link

My Amazon UK store

Amazon UK Links

My videos

Play Steam Games on Raspberry Pi 5. Ubuntu 23.10

Ubuntu 23.10 Raspberry Pi 5. improved video performance

PS2 installation tutorial. Raspberry Pi 5 Ubuntu 23.10

My Playlists

Everything Raspberry Pi. Over 750 Videos

Raspberry Pi NEWS

[rg]

Thank you Lee! How I made it work: From my Windows 11 PC I Downloaded Ubuntu 24.04 from Ubuntu website. Flashed image to SD card with Belena Etcher. Installed SD card in Pi5 and ran through the setup as prompted. Once everything worked and after I rebooted a few times to make sure; I removed the SD card (with the working Ubuntu OS) and went back to my Windows PC. I then used Belena Etcher's "Clone Drive" option to clone the SD card to an NVMe SSD via usb adapters. After the "clone drive" finished I added the line "dtparam=pciex1_gen3" to the "config.txt" file on the NVMe version. I then installed the NVMe drive in my Pi5 Pimoroni NVME Base, powered on the Pi5, said a prayer and BOOM! Ubuntu 24.04 booted and ran normally from the NVME Drive.

[dogandonmez]

Thanks Lee. I had the same issue when I flashed my USB drive using Raspberry Pi Imager. When I tried the same thing second time, it worked without any problems.

[evltrix]

i used raspberry pi imager and thier 24.04 onto my crucial p3 plus 1tb had 0 issue booting i use an nvme base from pimoroni.

[router]

Hi Lee I am using 24.04 LTS on an old i5 pc and also put KDE Plasma on as I use you version on the Pi 5 with a NVMe, and its nice to swap from one to another looking the same. Interesting video good job.

[ChamithSiriwardena]

Thanks for the video.
I had a same issue when I flashed the NVMe drive with the manually downloaded ubuntu image. However, last evening it became available to download through pi imager. It worked for some reason.

[jbden]

Got Ubuntu 24.04 to finally run on my Pi 5. I used the iDsonix M.2 NVMe usb adapter on my windows 11 laptop then I opened raspberry pi imager, selected pi 5 and the Ubuntu 24.4 desktop image and then wrote it to a patriots 512GB NVMe. Aftter completion I connected the NVMe drive to my Pi5 with a NVMe hat and it booted. The initial installation screen graphics was corrupted but after that everything went well and it works!

[joaovitoroliveira]

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is still unstable for Raspberry 5 4GB. The boot is during about 1:30 minutes and the dark theme doesn't work some times.

This is what I realized until now.

[HankBarta]

I installed 2404 on an SD card on my Pi 5 (which itself boots from an NVME SSD) using rpi-imager. I then booted it on the Pi 5 and ran an update. When I transferred that to a CM4, it came up but the USB keyboard and mouse were not working. I ran a previous version of Ubuntu on this H/W, booting from an NVME SSD.

[yanjinghan]

My case is opposite, when I use Balena Etcher to write the 2404-desktop img to nvme SSD, it failed to boot, shows the same error as this video demonstrate, but I use the Raspberry Pi imager to flash the same img to the same ssd, it success to boot, and I can successfully change the pcie from gen2 to gen3. Oh, BTW, I tried boot from SD card for the same image, it's failed too. I observed that the partition table of the SSD is different from written result of Raspberry Pi imager and Balena Ether, maybe that's the root cause? Not sure

[jreedd]

Oddly, when attempting to boot 24.04 LTS via NVME I keep getting a kernel panic error. I used the rpi-clone utility to get the NVME cloned from the SD card. I thought maybe my NVME was dead, but I was able to get raspian to boot off the same NVME without issue.

[DrKnow]

So, to be clear, the process for ubuntu 20.04 on the pi 5 is... Balena Etcher to write the to an SD card, boot the card in the pi and complete the install until the pi restarts and logs in properly, remove SD from the pi, use a card reader and a USB-nvme adapter to copy the SD bit-for-bit onto the nvme, put the nvme on the pi and boot :)

[mbernardi]

Had the same issue installing for a RPi 4, can't remember if I used Rufus or Balena Etcher to install successfully. Now it's availabe in rpi-imager I'll haver to try this.

[klreierson]

I ran into the same issue with nvme install and it not saving credentials. I re-installed with pi imager and it seemed to resolve itself somehow...

[ultrium]

at @4:01 It says it is the development branch. It is a beta?

[Kw]

Thanks Lee for the Ubuntu update video on the Raspberry Pi V. This as I am trying to set up my new “SteamDeck” …that being said maybe I won’t hit the Palm Tree on GTAV…my goal is to crash the whole game…😂!
Have a great day!

[rwxbuild]

Got the same error at first. However, my pi is set to boot from USB, then nvme, then sd card. With Raspberry pi os booted from a USB drive, directly imaging to the mounted nvme worked. Was able to remove the USB drive and it booted into Ubuntu and set up fine.

[frankpope]

Lee, thanks for the video! I may try nvme soon. I actually found your video searching for wimaxit touchscreen. I’m wondering if touch is working for you. I have older 15.6” wimaxit touchscreens and can’t get the touch working in Ubuntu 24.04 on my pi5. They’re intermittent at best and registration is way off. Cheers!

[brianh.]

Yea, there are several weird issues with the latest installer that I’ve unsuccessfully fought.

[puccaso]

i wonder if its just that, ubuntu uses cloudinit, .and even though raspberry pi os does something similar, the config file being creates by rpi imager could be breaking the install?

[makerbymistake]

Unfortunately, Balena didn't work for me either. I just get the spinning circle after burning with Balena