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Installation of Jaunty freezes at "Computing partition" screen.

Asked by Scædugenga

Firstly, my decision to switch to Linux comes because of an unrelenting getting my GPU's to work with Vista Ultimate 64. Specs are as follows:

i7 920
EVGA X58 mobo (SZ2F Bios version)
12G Patriot DDR3 1600 RAM
3X BFGTech GTX280H2OC (Driver v186.18)
Silverstone Zeus 1200W PSU

... and, oh yeah... Vista Ultimate 64.

I found a solution to the driver issue, for said cards, in other parts of the Ubuntu forums, but it was (obviously) Ubuntu-specific, so I opted to finally get off my duff and make the switch I'd been thinking about for a while.

Here's the current difficulty: When I begin the Live CD install, from bootup, I get all the way to "Computing partition size" with the completion bar reading 100% before it's even begun, and then the system will not go any farther. I let it run last night, thinking maybe it was simply taking longer than my frequently limited patience, and when I woke up this AM, it was still at the same screen.

Have I just missed an answer in the help section, or is it likely that something in my PC is just horribly, horribly mangled?

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Did you MD5 check the ISO you downloaded? Did you verify the CD one first booted to? Did you burn the CD as slowly as you could (8x is good 4x if you can)

You could try disabling all unnecessary hardware in the bios (like LAN, sound, other fancy stuff)

The driver for your Nvidia card means nothing in this case as it is a piece of windows software so will in no way affect the Linux install.

You can also try pressing F6 at insitial CD boot and selecting various combinations of boot options to see if that helps.

You could also try removing 2 of your video cards to see if this helps

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#2

Hmmm, i was wondering if you got to a working desktop when you booted up from the Cd
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootFromCD

It's often best to start off by installing a linux (hopefully Ubuntu) as a dual-boot so that you can keep popping back to use Windows until you're more familiar with linux
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot

Most of us have kept a dual-boot somewhere because it's sometimes good to be able to go back into Windows - some games and things work better, also it helps if people ask for help with Windows systems ;)

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

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Scædugenga (mbtftic2002) said : 		#3

Got Ubuntu installe, thanks to your advice, actionparsnip; I think I had a bad initial burn of the ISO.

Now I just need to get he graphics working, and I -believe- that the problem's solution is already listed here!

Thanks so much for the -awesome- introduction to the Ubuntu community!

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#4

Graphics i'm not sure about but multimedia is easiest by following through this guide
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu

I go with 'non-free' components, they don't cost anything although in some countries you maybe should go and pay someone for the right to use some parts in there. Hopefully i will be able to go completely OpenSource one day and free myself.

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)