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On 11/02/13 12:01, tom wrote: > On 11/02/13 10:19, raymond.knowles@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> Having problems with a Mint 14 installation onto >> an HP Pavilion >> (ex Vista, ex Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) machine. >> >> >> The disk (LXF 168) appears to do all the usual things one >> would >> expect for a fresh install. It picks up the correct >> screen res >> (1280 x 1024), correctly identifies network >> present, sets the >> correct time, shows the Mint 14 >> background screen ... >> >> and stops. It puts up an icon for >> install, then goes no further. >> >> Suggestions please ? >> >> >> Regards etc, >> Ray Knowles. >> > Assuming you checked the disk for errors... And that you've actually > clicked the icon? > Try running Mint from the disk - rather than doing an install. > Can you alt-f1 into a console? > I'm noticing more and more duffness on install disks these days - lack > of drivers, stupid presentations that don’t work and kill the > installetc etc. > Tom te tom te tom > We had this a few years ago, at a lug meet I think rob suggested burning a cd at a lower speed, either that copy to usb flash drive. I think some of these live cd's are trying to do too much, and this is causing problems (like tom said) but this is having a negative effect on the image of Linux based systems, Tom any particular patten to this, are we looking at larger distros such as Ubuntu, mint having these issues, ? Paul -- -- http://www.zleap.net skype : psutton111 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/paul-sutton/36/595/911 http://www.raspberrypi.org http://www.ubuntu.com I am committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable groups and expect any school or establishment I am involved with to share this commitment. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq