LMDE install problems

Greenmutt24 · 02-04-2011, 08:32 PM

Hey all,
I'm trying to get LMDE up as a duel boot with Ubuntu. I have 4 partitions
0: 20gb Ubuntu /
1: 20gb LMDE /
2: a shared ext4 data partition
3: 2gb swap

Most of the way through the installation it looks like its freezing when copying var/cache/apt-xapain-index/index.2/termlist.db
This happened twice now, I'm trying to install for a third time as I type this. Any idea on why this is sticking? how to get past it?

pierre2 · 02-05-2011, 05:44 AM

have you tried, a lower screen resolution?.
about the 3rd or 4th option from the top of the list.

Greenmutt24 · 02-05-2011, 12:06 PM

There was not an option for screen resolution, I got options for keyboard and timezone. I used the livecd for the installation.

mogrady · 02-06-2011, 02:56 PM

For some reason I have found the the Ubunto family of distros seems to work best if it is installed after another distro is already up and running. Here this would involve a full disc installation of Mint first then an installation of Ubunto. I don't know why but sometimes I have had to to it this way to get things to work properly on older machines. Good luck. Michael

pierre2 · 02-07-2011, 06:41 AM

Quote:

There was not an option for screen resolution

on the live_DvD - the 2nd otion is for "compatibility mode"

try that ....