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I installed the server version on this machine. I
wanted to install the desktop version (for the GUI). I burned another disk with
the desktop version. I booted it up and verified that it was readable and
correct -- no errors found. The only indication of problems was something about
rsdp not finding acpi. I then chose the install option and the GUI came up.
I clicked on the install icon and the install screen came up I verified the
language as American English and the timezone as central. The next screen asked
for the keyboard. I clicked American English and continue/forward. The running
circle comes up and the cdrom flashes once and that is the end. I waited for 3
hours (not in front of the machine! ) and nothing changed. I rebooted and poked
[F6] and added the sequence "acpi=no noacip nolacip" to the 'run' line, per some
forum posts. The error still came up about ACPI and the install hung at the same
spot. While 'hung', I can change workplaces and start a new terminal window,
look at the disk display and do anything I want -- the install is still hung. I
thought the server version of the system could be a problem so I re-formatted
the disk and edited the command line [F6] as above -- results were the same;
installation hung.
While hung, I ran 'top' to see who is active and
what the memory status was. 'gksudo' and 'Xorg' both were using about 3% of the
system, all other processes were using their normal background 'sips' of CPU and
Memory. the numbers were Memory 118428 k total 116836k used and 1592k free. Swap
was 97992k/125136k/854788k for total/used/free.
I am at the end of the rope on this one. I have
used other flavors of the ?nix OS but never seen this one. Any one who has had
this happen to them or solved the problem for another user, I would like to hear
about it. I will monitor the forum also to catch any responses.
Thank you all for the help and
support.
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