hi again.
thanks for summing up your problems!
sorry that it did not work for you. But if you are still around what I meant
that you could try another free distro that is a debian derivative. i think
gnewsense is. if it does not work either and fails at the same point then it
must be something in your configuration/hardware. but I would understand it
should really work with trisquel. you obviously tried different iso images.
I am really sad that it does not work for you.
maybe not to wait until version 7. you can try again in some months if you
get a chance?