Installation problem

[micdac]

Hey,
after my parents had a virus on their old win xp machine I tried to install xubuntu 12.04.
Since I could not use an USB stick I used the CD installation with a complete format and the standard installation. after a certain time I get a error message (see attached pictures) and the installation stops.

I tried three different hard drives and two different cd-rom and burned xubuntu twice on lowest speed, but the problem occurs always.

The PC has the components: Abit AV8, AMD X2 3600+, 2GB Ram and an ATI 1650 card.

I guess that this mistake will also occur with another distro, but I haven't checked yet.

[kc1di]

Does the live session work at all?

[micdac]

I did not try the Live session, but choose directly installation. I will give a try.

[neu5eeCh]

I did not try the Live session, but choose directly installation. I will give a try.

Also, did you verify the integrity of the burn via md5 or sha256sum?

Also, on some older CDRom drives, I've run into problems using "burned linux media"?

[linuxmatt7]

Make sure you burned the CD/DVD correctly. This same happened to me when I was installing Linux Mint on my dad's laptop. I didn't burn the CD/DVD correctly. If you still see this try using the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS CD/DVD install then install XFCE over Unity. Now you can remove Unity.

[micdac]

I was able to boot from an usb stick, I tried for safety Linux Mint Lisa 12 and I didn't make it even to the GUI of the installation.

I attached two pictures of the error I got during the beginning of the installation.

It seems to be a distribution independent problem. I will maybe try to install Windows to see if it works, but this is the last option.