SOLUTION: In the end, I managed to install Mint on one of the times when the icon decided to respond, ie, the problem has not been soled per se, only avoided.
Hej/Hi!
I am completely new to linux, migrating from win 7 after it selfdestructed. I'm not trying to double boot.
My hardware is an Acer Aspire 7730 with an WD hard drive as the original crashed. The disk have been reformated (NTFS) directly before install.
I have been able to boot Live CDs with both Ubuntu 12.04.1 and the Mint 13.
However, when I doubleclicked the icon "Install Linux Mint" it got stuck and the cursor went into "wait" mode. relevant xkcd:http://xkcd.com/961/[1]
Before burning the dvd I checked the iso-file's Md5Sum number with winMd5sum and it was correct.
I burned the dvd using Infrarecorder at the lowest speed.
So, what could possibly be wrong?
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[SOLVED?] version 13, Cinnamon, Install icon freeze.
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[SOLVED?] version 13, Cinnamon, Install icon freeze.
by MrTeatime on Sat Sep 15, 2012 5:54 am
Last edited by MrTeatime on Sun Sep 16, 2012 12:39 pm, edited 3 times in total.
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Re: version 13, Cinnamon, Install icon freeze.
by flyingbird on Sat Sep 15, 2012 6:32 am
Dealing same problem 
Trying to install Mint13 KDE release.
Installation freezes in first window itself.
Running windows8.
FB
Trying to install Mint13 KDE release.
Installation freezes in first window itself.
Running windows8.
FB
If there is no hope I will invent it 
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Re: version 13, Cinnamon, Install icon freeze.
by remoulder on Sat Sep 15, 2012 7:37 am
MrTeatime wrote:Install icon freeze
See http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=107943&p=607907
[Edit] your original post and add [SOLVED] once your question is resolved.
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Re: version 13, Cinnamon, Install icon freeze.
by MrTeatime on Sat Sep 15, 2012 4:56 pm
Sorry to say but that didn't help.
It seems quite random, once it managed to get inte the installation process, but then it froze and gave me a "read/write error" when making the SWAP partition.
It seems quite random, once it managed to get inte the installation process, but then it froze and gave me a "read/write error" when making the SWAP partition.
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Re: version 13, Cinnamon, Install icon freeze.
by remoulder on Sat Sep 15, 2012 7:16 pm
MrTeatime wrote:read/write error
MrTeatime wrote:the original crashed
Have you run diagnostics on the drive this sounds more like an issue with hardware?
[Edit] your original post and add [SOLVED] once your question is resolved.
“The people are my God” stressing the factor determining man’s destiny lies within man not in anything outside man, and thereby defining man as the dominator and remoulder of the world.
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Re: version 13, Cinnamon, Install icon freeze.
by MrTeatime on Sun Sep 16, 2012 5:16 am
remoulder wrote:MrTeatime wrote:read/write errorMrTeatime wrote:the original crashed
Have you run diagnostics on the drive this sounds more like an issue with hardware?
Sorry, should have been more clear; The original disk was a seagate 500gb - it died when I slammed the lid down in anger one day.
the WD disk is a-ok, I did a lot of diagnostics, wiped it, and formated it after replacing the Seagate with it.
so it shouldn't be a hardware problem, at least not with the disk.
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The freezin only happend 4 out of 7 tries, oddly enough.
Right now I got it goinng an I'm setting up the partitions, but I am wondering, right now i have:
/sda1 ext2 /boot 500
/sda5 ext4 / 10 000
/sda6 swap 2000
/sda7 ext4 /home 50 000
unused 260 000
I want to use the rest of the space for data as well, but I don't know where to mount it
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