11-22-2015, 09:43 PM
The mystery deepens!
So apparently you don't even get to the installation type screen before it freezes up -- correct? (I'm not going to read back through all of the prior posts, but I'm assuming that you checked the md5sum of the downloaded LL iso file to make sure it matched what is shown on download page. If not, do that to make sure you didn't get a corrupted download.)
But, from sound of it, you did get that far on Mint dvd -- just cancelled out of install before continuing -- correct?
If that's the case, then maybe there is something different about the LL iso that doesn't work right on the computer.
Maybe you should try going forward with install of Mint to see if it actually does install fine. I think any version will work on the computer, but Xfce or Mate versions will probably be best on it. (Xfce version will be more similar to LL, which also uses the Xfce desktop.) Don't know how old the Mint dvd is that you have, but you might as well install the latest version (17.2). Here is download link: http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php
Like I said before, best to defrag and shrink partition from within Windows before installing.
If you do get past the install type screen and install freezes after you finish inputting user info, then shutdown, reboot with Mint dvd again and run this in terminal before starting the install:
Then run installer again and it shoud finish properly.
Post back here to let us know what happens. I'm curious to see if it actually is an LL specific problem.
So apparently you don't even get to the installation type screen before it freezes up -- correct? (I'm not going to read back through all of the prior posts, but I'm assuming that you checked the md5sum of the downloaded LL iso file to make sure it matched what is shown on download page. If not, do that to make sure you didn't get a corrupted download.)
But, from sound of it, you did get that far on Mint dvd -- just cancelled out of install before continuing -- correct?
If that's the case, then maybe there is something different about the LL iso that doesn't work right on the computer.
Maybe you should try going forward with install of Mint to see if it actually does install fine. I think any version will work on the computer, but Xfce or Mate versions will probably be best on it. (Xfce version will be more similar to LL, which also uses the Xfce desktop.) Don't know how old the Mint dvd is that you have, but you might as well install the latest version (17.2). Here is download link: http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php
Like I said before, best to defrag and shrink partition from within Windows before installing.
If you do get past the install type screen and install freezes after you finish inputting user info, then shutdown, reboot with Mint dvd again and run this in terminal before starting the install:
Code:
sudo apt-get remove ubiquity-slideshow-mintThen run installer again and it shoud finish properly.
Post back here to let us know what happens. I'm curious to see if it actually is an LL specific problem.
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