install running for 3+ days

[dlm8751]

Its like the system goes to sleep. The only way I keep the progress bar moving is by starting and stopping a few apps a couple times a day.

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[Rubi1200]

What are your system specifications?
We need to know about things like RAM, graphics card, and disk capacity etc.

[sikander3786]

Might be either the HDD or the CD-ROM Drive or the CD-ROM Disc going bad. Or it might well be problem with the data cables running between them.

If it would've happened to me I would

1. Change the HDD and CD-ROM data cable.
2. Change the CD-ROM Drive if available.
3. Check disc for errors.
4. Memtest to ensure RAM is in good condition.

Regards.

[dlm8751]

I'll have to look up the specs but it did finally complete. However, I am seeing that any interactions involving updates or installing new packages takes for ever. After rebooting, the first thing I had to do was install the nvidia driver. What has been a task consuming only a few seconds has turned into 10 minutes. At this point I do not think its a cable problem. BTW, its got 1Gb of RAM.

[sikander3786]

Hardware problem can't be ruled out. Specs needed for better assessment. Slowing down of packages happened to me once when one of the bridges on motherboard was faulty.

1 GB of RAM is enough for general purposes.