Friday, April 17, 2015

Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Linux Install Problem

 

On my Intel 64-bit, I installed Makulu XFCE and it seems happy...

Joan in Reno

From: "Scott scottro@nyc.rr.com [LINUX_Newbies]" <LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com>
To: "Rick W ve7tk@yahoo.ca [LINUX_Newbies]" <LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, April 17, 2015 6:22 PM
Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Linux Install Problem

 
On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 09:23:41PM +0000, Rick W ve7tk@yahoo.ca [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
> The ISO hangs before getting to the desktop.  On one rare occasion it reached the desktop.  However, when I clicked on the INSTALL icon it again hung.
> The system has no OS at this time so running the CD in Windows is not an option.  It has installed correctly on 2 other computers and just in case I built a new ISO and it locked up the same way.
> The bios (Phoenix - AwardBIOS) is likely 8+ year old and doesn't seem to have a "secure boot" option.
>

If it's that old, it probably doesn't have the secure boot option, as you
say.

I would try with a completely different live cd, (or USB), that is, Fedora,
Arch, or something that isn't from the Ubuntu family.

--
Scott Robbins
PGP keyID EB3467D6
( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 )
gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6



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