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Zorin freezes at install

axiomracing

Tue Feb 12, 2013 3:36:39 am

Hi there,

I am trying to install Zorin on my Dell laptop, however when it gets to the "Boot the Live System" and I hit enter, it just freezes and does nothing.

Is Zorin compatible with this laptop, or is there something else I should be doing?

Laptop is a Dell Inspiron 8600

DVD successfully installed Zorin on a Dell 531s, so I know the DVD is OK.

spavila

Tue Feb 12, 2013 7:33:58 am

Try this. When you see the Zorin boot screen, select Boot the Live System and press the TAB KEY. At the bottom of the menu, you will see:
> /casper/vmlinuz file=cdrom/preseed/custom.seed boot-casper initrd=/casper/initrd.gz quiet splash --

Remove "quiet splash --" so it looks like the following below:
> /casper/vmlinuz file=cdrom/preseed/custom.seed boot-casper initrd=/casper/initrd.gz

Press the ENTER key.

Do you see the following:
Loading /casper/vmlinuz.......
Loading /casper/initrd.gz................ready.
This kernel requires the following features not present on the CPU:
pae
Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU.

I had the same problem with my old Gateway 3522GZ laptop as the CPU does not support pae. However, I was able to create a non-pae version of Zorin OS 6.
See this thread for more details.
http://www.zoringroup.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2298