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marsgorski
June 9th, 2011, 10:01 PM
Hi everyone. I am trying to install Edubuntu 11.04 on an old HP Pavilion a500n. I boot from the DVD but soon after (sometimes on the screen asking if I want to install unity, sometimes in the following screen about which packages I want to install) the DVD player appears to stop running and the little circular "clock" mouse pointer keeps turning and turning and nothing happens. I tried it on a different machine and I had the same problem. I burned a second DVD (using the same .iso file) and still the problem persisted. Any help?

Edit: Actually, the installation DVD does work fine on a differente, newer computer. The HP Pavilion is at least 8 years old and I think the DVD player is not up to the challenge. I do not see a USB boot up option from the bios settings, is it still possible to install somehow from a USB?