Xubuntu 12.04 installer hangs on Acer TravelMate 4220 notebook...

**Rytron** · May 1st, 2012

Hi.

I am trying to install Xubuntu on a relatives Acer TravelMate 4220 laptop. It has 2 HDD's of about 35GB each. When I goto install it from a live USB drive I get this [image 1]. Regardless of whether I select yes or no -- it just hangs.
The partitions are like so [image 2].

**Rytron** · May 2nd, 2012

I've tried Xubuntu 12.04 from a Live CD and it still hangs.

Is this a problem because the laptop has 2 HDD's?

HELP!

**mips** · May 2nd, 2012

I'm assuming all worked out well after our IRC interaction?

**Rytron** · May 2nd, 2012

Originally Posted by mips

I'm assuming all worked out well after our IRC interaction?

Hey Mips. Great to hear from you again.

Yes, installer currently running and all seems fine. I created a seperate / of 15GB, swap of 2GB and the rest of the 80GB as /home.

For others who wondered about the solution. With the help of mips, I used gparted to delete all partitions and then ran the Xubuntu installer.

Update: The laptop actually had 1 HDD. I used a Live CD but the USB drive should have also worked.

**mips** · May 2nd, 2012

Good to know.

Out of curiosity how much ram does that laptop have?

**Rytron** · May 2nd, 2012

Originally Posted by mips

good to know.

Out of curiosity how much ram does that laptop have?

1gb.

**mips** · May 2nd, 2012

Originally Posted by Rytron

1gb.

That's fine. If you can try and find another 1Gb (second hand etc) and stick it in. More RAM in Linux is always great

Let us know how the install went and what you think of Xub 12.04

**Rytron** · May 2nd, 2012

Originally Posted by mips

That's fine. If you can try and find another 1Gb (second hand etc) and stick it in. More RAM in Linux is always great

Let us know how the install went and what you think of Xub 12.04

The laptop belongs to a relative. However I use Xubuntu 11.10 on my secondary laptop (also 1GB) - it is very zippy. I think Xubuntu is extremely underrated. I love it.

**mips** · May 2nd, 2012

Originally Posted by Rytron

The laptop belongs to a relative. However I use Xubuntu 11.10 on my secondary laptop (also 1GB) - it is very zippy. I think Xubuntu is extremely underrated. I love it.

I'm thinking of trying it on my old HP nx6110 with 1.9GHz Celeron & 1.2GB RAM but I think it will be to slow as I tried it before. Would also mean I have to download the 32bit iso.

Beyond that I think it's a great distro.

**Rytron** · May 2nd, 2012

Originally Posted by mips

I'm thinking of trying it on my old HP nx6110 with 1.9GHz Celeron & 1.2GB RAM but I think it will be to slow as I tried it before. Would also mean I have to download the 32bit iso.

Beyond that I think it's a great distro.

Turn off effects as I've done and it should be fine.

Is the HP nx6110 GNU/Linux compatible? Have you installed a distro on it before?