it freezes i cant move the mouse and i was installing over ubuntu, and i
even totally delted the ubuntu partition
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 12:15 AM, mahjongg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Well, I wrestled with a similar problem when trying to install the
> beta, only after I changed the DVD player in my system did I manage to
> complete the install. before it also just locked up part-way.
>
> If you have a 1GB memory stick you could try installing via that, if
> your computers BIOS supports booting from USB sticks.
>
> Also, if you are trying to install a "double boot" Windows/gOS system,
> try checking the integrity of the Widows filing system, and
> defragmentate the drive. gOS can lock up when trying to read a damaged
> NTFS filing system, and can't reliably split off a partition if the
> drive isn't defragmentated.
>
> But you have the most chance of success if there are NO partitions at
> all on the hard-disk.
>
> What happens at 15%, does it just lock up? Perhaps it just needs a
> very long time to continue.
>
> On 1 okt, 02:51, Xero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > i tried it ans its still not working ...... any other ideas?
> >
> > On Sep 30, 3:19 am, mahjongg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > try using the built in partition manager ("gparted") that you can find
> > > on the live_cd (in the system preferences menu's), to completely
> > > remove the hard-disk partitions that are on your hard-disk. Perhaps
> > > you need to do a "swapoff" to unlock the swapfile before its deleted.
> > > Then if everything is deleted, and all is turned to free space, reboot
> > > and try again.
> >
> > > On 30 sep, 07:38, Xero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > > i keep getting 15% done, which is determing file partition and it
> > > > freezes and help? im trying gOS 3
> >
>
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