11-24-2015, 08:37 PM
It's HIM again!!
And, sorry to report, no further forward. I followed all of your suggestions gold-finger but still can't get the darn thing to co-operate. Here's what I've done since yesterday;-
1. Defragged my hard drive and decided that - whichever distro would install, I'd allocate the entire HD and have it as the sole OS.
2. Attempted to reinstall LL2.4 and then 2.6 via both DVD and usb (after verifying that the MD5 sums checked out). On each attempt the install hung at the second prompt screen - i.e choice of installing updates or tp software.
3. Tried another install, this time of LXLE - both DVD and usb. Failed at exactly the same prompt.
4. Downloaded and ran Mint 17.2 from the link you provided (Did MD5 checksum). Again via both DVD and usb. Failed at exactly the same point. (Also tried your sudo suggestion on re-boot)
5. Had a final crack at it using an old copy of Mint Maya 13. This was the distro which looked promising yesterday, butgot as far as the partitioning prompt and it froze.
So, I doubt that the issue is LL specific - though it may be a Linux one - I just don't know.
My Windows 7 is so badly compromised anyway with so much malware that nothing can properly clean up that, whatever happens, it's getting junked.
Right now I'm getting by with running Puppy Linux Live from a USB and, even though it's not very sophisticated, I'm giving serious thought to installing it as my sole OS. I realise it's pretty puny to have it on 350Gb hard drive but I'm at my wit's end.
The other alternative is a trip to the junk yard with the whole rig.
And, sorry to report, no further forward. I followed all of your suggestions gold-finger but still can't get the darn thing to co-operate. Here's what I've done since yesterday;-
1. Defragged my hard drive and decided that - whichever distro would install, I'd allocate the entire HD and have it as the sole OS.
2. Attempted to reinstall LL2.4 and then 2.6 via both DVD and usb (after verifying that the MD5 sums checked out). On each attempt the install hung at the second prompt screen - i.e choice of installing updates or tp software.
3. Tried another install, this time of LXLE - both DVD and usb. Failed at exactly the same prompt.
4. Downloaded and ran Mint 17.2 from the link you provided (Did MD5 checksum). Again via both DVD and usb. Failed at exactly the same point. (Also tried your sudo suggestion on re-boot)
5. Had a final crack at it using an old copy of Mint Maya 13. This was the distro which looked promising yesterday, butgot as far as the partitioning prompt and it froze.
So, I doubt that the issue is LL specific - though it may be a Linux one - I just don't know.
My Windows 7 is so badly compromised anyway with so much malware that nothing can properly clean up that, whatever happens, it's getting junked.
Right now I'm getting by with running Puppy Linux Live from a USB and, even though it's not very sophisticated, I'm giving serious thought to installing it as my sole OS. I realise it's pretty puny to have it on 350Gb hard drive but I'm at my wit's end.
The other alternative is a trip to the junk yard with the whole rig.