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    Ubuntu 14.04 LTS hangs on Preparing to Install

    I'm currently trying to install Ubuntu from Live Mode via a USB stick. I set it up using Pen Drive Linux, and have Windows 7 installed alongside it. My specs are as follows:

    Code:
    2GB RAM
    500GB HDD
    Intel HD Graphics (on-board)
    I've been spending hours looking up how to install this, looking for solutions, and experimenting with it myself.

    Here is the output of sudo-lshw:
    Code:
        description: Desktop Computer
        product: SX2855 (To be filled by O.E.M.)
        vendor: Gateway
        version: P01-B2
        serial: DTGCFAA002209036889600
        width: 64 bits
        capabilities: smbios-2.7 dmi-2.7 vsyscall32
        configuration: administrator_password=disabled boot=normal chassis=desktop family=Gateway Desktop power-on_password=disabled sku=To be filled by O.E.M. uuid=8EC68817-2D9E-4F34-8794-BCC9F629B2CD
      *-core
           description: Motherboard
           product: SX2855
           vendor: Gateway
           physical id: 0
           slot: To be filled by O.E.M.
         *-firmware
              description: BIOS
              vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
              physical id: 0
              version: P01-B2
              date: 08/16/2011
              size: 64KiB
              capacity: 4032KiB
              capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer acpi usb biosbootspecification uefi
         *-cpu
              description: CPU
              product: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU G460 @ 1.80GHz
              vendor: Intel Corp.
              physical id: 4
              bus info: cpu@0
              version: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU G460 @ 1.80GHz
              serial: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
              slot: CPU 1
              size: 1599MHz
              capacity: 1800MHz
              width: 64 bits
              clock: 100MHz
              capabilities: x86-64 fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf eagerfpu pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt tsc_deadline_timer xsave lahf_lm arat epb pln pts dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid xsaveopt cpufreq
              configuration: cores=1 enabledcores=1 threads=2
            *-cache:0
                 description: L1 cache
                 physical id: 5
                 slot: L1-Cache
                 size: 64KiB
                 capacity: 64KiB
                 capabilities: internal write-back unified
            *-cache:1
                 description: L2 cache
                 physical id: 6
                 slot: L2-Cache
                 size: 256KiB
                 capacity: 256KiB
                 capabilities: internal varies unified
            *-cache:2
                 description: L3 cache
                 physical id: 7
                 slot: L3-Cache
                 size: 1536KiB
                 capacity: 1536KiB
                 capabilities: internal write-back unified
         *-memory
              description: System Memory
              physical id: 21
              slot: System board or motherboard
              size: 2GiB
            *-bank:0
                 description: DIMM [empty]
                 vendor: Manufacturer1
                 physical id: 0
                 serial: SerNum1
                 slot: DIMM1
                 width: 64 bits
            *-bank:1
                 description: DIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1067 MHz (0.9 ns)
                 product: ACR256X64D3U13C9G
                 vendor: Kingston
                 physical id: 1
                 serial: 4912E1C5
                 slot: DIMM2
                 size: 2GiB
                 width: 64 bits
                 clock: 1067MHz (0.9ns)
         *-pci
              description: Host bridge
              product: 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller
              vendor: Intel Corporation
              physical id: 100
              bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
              version: 09
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
              configuration: driver=snb_uncore
              resources: irq:0
            *-display
                 description: VGA compatible controller
                 product: 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller
                 vendor: Intel Corporation
                 physical id: 2
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
                 version: 09
                 width: 64 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
                 configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
                 resources: irq:27 memory:fe000000-fe3fffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff ioport:f000(size=64)
            *-communication
                 description: Communication controller
                 product: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1
                 vendor: Intel Corporation
                 physical id: 16
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:16.0
                 version: 04
                 width: 64 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=mei_me latency=0
                 resources: irq:28 memory:fe429000-fe42900f
            *-network
                 description: Ethernet interface
                 product: 82579V Gigabit Network Connection
                 vendor: Intel Corporation
                 physical id: 19
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:19.0
                 logical name: eth0
                 version: 05
                 serial: c8:9c:dc:a6:ce:6f
                 size: 1Gbit/s
                 capacity: 1Gbit/s
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
                 configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=2.3.2-k duplex=full firmware=0.13-4 ip=192.168.0.3 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=1Gbit/s
                 resources: irq:25 memory:fe400000-fe41ffff memory:fe428000-fe428fff ioport:f080(size=32)
            *-usb:0
                 description: USB controller
                 product: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2
                 vendor: Intel Corporation
                 physical id: 1a
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.0
                 version: 05
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0
                 resources: irq:16 memory:fe427000-fe4273ff
            *-multimedia
                 description: Audio device
                 product: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller
                 vendor: Intel Corporation
                 physical id: 1b
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
                 version: 05
                 width: 64 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
                 resources: irq:29 memory:fe420000-fe423fff
            *-pci
                 description: PCI bridge
                 product: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1
                 vendor: Intel Corporation
                 physical id: 1c
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
                 version: b5
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=pcieport
                 resources: irq:24
            *-usb:1
                 description: USB controller
                 product: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1
                 vendor: Intel Corporation
                 physical id: 1d
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
                 version: 05
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0
                 resources: irq:23 memory:fe426000-fe4263ff
            *-isa
                 description: ISA bridge
                 product: H61 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller
                 vendor: Intel Corporation
                 physical id: 1f
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
                 version: 05
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=lpc_ich latency=0
                 resources: irq:0
            *-storage
                 description: SATA controller
                 product: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller
                 vendor: Intel Corporation
                 physical id: 1f.2
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
                 version: 05
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 66MHz
                 capabilities: storage msi pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
                 resources: irq:26 ioport:f0d0(size=8) ioport:f0c0(size=4) ioport:f0b0(size=8) ioport:f0a0(size=4) ioport:f060(size=32) memory:fe425000-fe4257ff
            *-serial UNCLAIMED
                 description: SMBus
                 product: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller
                 vendor: Intel Corporation
                 physical id: 1f.3
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
                 version: 05
                 width: 64 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 configuration: latency=0
                 resources: memory:fe424000-fe4240ff ioport:f040(size=32)
         *-scsi:0
              physical id: 1
              logical name: scsi0
              capabilities: emulated
            *-cdrom
                 description: DVD-RAM writer
                 product: DVD A  DH16ABSH
                 vendor: ATAPI
                 physical id: 0.0.0
                 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
                 logical name: /dev/cdrom
                 logical name: /dev/sr0
                 version: YA12
                 capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
                 configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
         *-scsi:1
              physical id: 2
              logical name: scsi1
              capabilities: emulated
            *-disk
                 description: ATA Disk
                 product: Hitachi HDS72105
                 vendor: Hitachi
                 physical id: 0.0.0
                 bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
                 logical name: /dev/sda
                 version: A50E
                 serial: JP1570FN26D90K
                 size: 465GiB (500GB)
                 capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
                 configuration: ansiversion=5 sectorsize=512 signature=b753943f
               *-volume:0
                    description: Windows NTFS volume
                    physical id: 1
                    bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0,1
                    logical name: /dev/sda1
                    version: 3.1
                    serial: fef3-ea9b
                    size: 19GiB
                    capacity: 20GiB
                    capabilities: primary ntfs initialized
                    configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2013-01-09 23:06:17 filesystem=ntfs label=PQSERVICE state=clean
               *-volume:1
                    description: Windows NTFS volume
                    physical id: 2
                    bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0,2
                    logical name: /dev/sda2
                    version: 3.1
                    serial: d076-016f
                    size: 98MiB
                    capacity: 100MiB
                    capabilities: primary bootable ntfs initialized
                    configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2013-01-10 00:07:20 filesystem=ntfs label=SYSTEM RESERVED state=clean
               *-volume:2
                    description: Windows NTFS volume
                    physical id: 3
                    bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0,3
                    logical name: /dev/sda3
                    version: 3.1
                    serial: 3699729b-1255-5641-ab3e-f29cba304ff7
                    size: 367GiB
                    capacity: 367GiB
                    capabilities: primary ntfs initialized
                    configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2013-01-10 00:07:22 filesystem=ntfs label=Gateway modified_by_chkdsk=true mounted_on_nt4=true resize_log_file=true state=dirty upgrade_on_mount=true
               *-volume:3
                    description: EXT4 volume
                    vendor: Linux
                    physical id: 4
                    bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0,4
                    logical name: /dev/sda4
                    version: 1.0
                    serial: ff800ebb-df43-432f-a507-87c91701154d
                    size: 78GiB
                    capacity: 78GiB
                    capabilities: primary journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink extents ext4 ext2 initialized
                    configuration: created=2015-08-16 05:31:31 filesystem=ext4 label=UBUNTU modified=2015-08-16 05:31:32 state=clean
         *-scsi:2
              physical id: 3
              bus info: usb@1:1.1
              logical name: scsi4
              capabilities: emulated scsi-host
              configuration: driver=usb-storage
            *-disk
                 description: SCSI Disk
                 physical id: 0.0.0
                 bus info: scsi@4:0.0.0
                 logical name: /dev/sdb
                 size: 7633MiB (8004MB)
                 capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
                 configuration: sectorsize=512
               *-volume
                    description: Windows FAT volume
                    vendor: SYSLINUX
                    physical id: 1
                    bus info: scsi@4:0.0.0,1
                    logical name: /dev/sdb1
                    logical name: /cdrom
                    version: FAT32
                    serial: 1d06-0c60
                    size: 7630MiB
                    capacity: 7632MiB
                    capabilities: primary bootable fat initialized
                    configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat mount.fstype=vfat mount.options=ro,noatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro state=mounted
         *-scsi:3
              physical id: 5
              bus info: usb@2:1.3
              logical name: scsi5
              capabilities: emulated scsi-host
              configuration: driver=usb-storage
            *-cdrom
                 description: DVD-RAM writer
                 product: DVDRAM GP08NU6B
                 vendor: HL-DT-ST
                 physical id: 0.0.0
                 bus info: scsi@5:0.0.0
                 logical name: /dev/sr1
                 logical name: /media/ubuntu/CDROM
                 version: 1.00
                 capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
                 configuration: mount.fstype=iso9660 mount.options=ro,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uid=999,gid=999,iocharset=utf8,mode=0400,dmode=0500 state=mounted status=ready
               *-medium
                    physical id: 0
                    logical name: /dev/sr1
                    logical name: /media/ubuntu/CDROM
                    capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
                    configuration: mount.fstype=iso9660 mount.options=ro,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uid=999,gid=999,iocharset=utf8,mode=0400,dmode=0500 signature=622d5fd6 state=mounted
                  *-volume UNCLAIMED
                       description: Windows FAT volume
                       vendor: mkfs.fat
                       physical id: 2
                       version: FAT12
                       serial: aa25-20cb
                       size: 15EiB
                       capabilities: primary fat initialized
                       configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat label=Firmware
         *-scsi:4
              physical id: 6
              bus info: usb@1:1.3
              logical name: scsi6
              capabilities: emulated scsi-host
              configuration: driver=usb-storage
            *-disk:0
                 description: SCSI Disk
                 physical id: 0.0.0
                 bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0
                 logical name: /dev/sdc
                 configuration: sectorsize=512
            *-disk:1
                 description: SCSI Disk
                 physical id: 0.0.1
                 bus info: scsi@6:0.0.1
                 logical name: /dev/sdd
                 configuration: sectorsize=512
         *-scsi:5
              physical id: 7
              bus info: usb@2:1.4
              logical name: scsi7
              capabilities: emulated scsi-host
              configuration: driver=usb-storage
            *-disk
                 description: SCSI Disk
                 product: My Passport 0730
                 vendor: WD
                 physical id: 0.0.0
                 bus info: scsi@7:0.0.0
                 logical name: /dev/sde
                 version: 1008
                 serial: WX91C80D5932
                 size: 931GiB (1TB)
                 capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
                 configuration: ansiversion=6 sectorsize=512 signature=88d6d02b
               *-volume
                    description: Windows FAT volume
                    vendor: BSD  4.4
                    physical id: 1
                    bus info: scsi@7:0.0.0,1
                    logical name: /dev/sde1
                    version: FAT32
                    serial: 6422-1de2
                    size: 931GiB
                    capacity: 931GiB
                    capabilities: primary fat initialized
                    configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat label=AFTASHOK1
            *-enclosure UNCLAIMED
                 description: SCSI Enclosure
                 product: SES Device
                 vendor: WD
                 physical id: 0.0.1
                 bus info: scsi@7:0.0.1
                 version: 1008
                 serial: WX91C80D5932
                 configuration: ansiversion=6

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    Re: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS hangs on Preparing to Install

    ubuntu & windows have to be set the same way, related to efi/gpt config (search 'oldfred' posts/threads about 'ubuntu alongside windows')

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    Re: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS hangs on Preparing to Install

    So, what is the problem? You really do not say. Does the Live session run good? Do you want a guide to installing?

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GraphicalInstall

    That is what you will see if you select the Install alongside option. If you choose the Something Else option then you will see dialogs like these and have to make to correct decisions.

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lu...tallingLubuntu

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions

    Regards.
    Last edited by grahammechanical; August 16th, 2015 at 01:52 PM.
    It is a machine. It is more stupid than we are. It will not stop us from doing stupid things.
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