Couldn't install Ubuntu 26.04 until fixed the system time
Hi all,
Just had a weird experience installing Ubuntu 26.04.
I made a flash drive and installed it on a laptop, no problem.
Then I tried to use that same flash drive on an old desktop (core-i3 circa 2011).
Well, it hadn't been used for a long time and the clock was set to the bios defaults of sometime in 2011.
After trying multiple attempts and watching the spinning circle I hit escape and could see a bunch of error messages.
I tried a bunch of different things, disabling secure boot, trying different usb ports, still got the same result. Must've rebooted about 20 times or so.
I loaded the flash drive into the other system and could see install logs being written on the "writable" partition that had dates of 2011.
Then I thought, maybe there's some kind of encryption/authentication going on that depends on the system time. Like in web browsers if your system time isn't set right, certain webpages just won't load due to certificates and https.
After I set the system time to may 2026, worked without a problem.