Garbled Display when installing from Ubuntu LiveUSB onto Dell/Alienware R8 with advanced nVidia card

Question

I am trying to install 18.0.4 on a Dell/Alienware R8. Great machine.

Following are completed:

• Created a new Boot Entry for the LiveUSB
• Restarted computer and through GRUB selected Install Ubuntu
• Was able to view a completely messed up video output:

The box has a high end nvidia rtx 2070 card. The monitor is connected to the hdmi output of the card.

What should I do here? Note that my only intent on this system is to use the gpu for deep learning. ZERO gaming and only very basic X11 graphics needed - just enough to run an IDE.

Answer 1

I was using unetbootin but switched to etcher. In addition on grub menu I selected Safe Graphics. Now I'm in the gui installer. Things are looking up!