Installation Agony

I'm a Linux newbie. I can successfully install Zorin 6 (Lite), but my burner balks at Zorin 8. Initially displays the Zorin page, I select the default (Live?) thingy, then after a few minutes, the screen goes black... no activity for 30 min. or more. (No luck with "direct installation"(?) either)
It's as though my burner can deal with the "lite" installation", but is "overwhelmed" by the "heavy" version. Although, my research indicates that my computer should be able to run the regular version with ease.

Also, can't get USB flash drive to work using Plop.
No luck with Smart Boot Manager either... although I can't remember what exactly that is.
Managed to create floppy with RawWrite.
Also tried Unetbootin... can't remember what that is either.

10 yr old Gateway desktop, P-4 3.0GZ processor, 4GB DDR RAM, 60GB solid-state HD... running Windows XP Home.

Specs on 8 yr old optical drive: http://www.cdrinfo.com/sections/reviews ... leid=12429
(all discs burned using Nero, at lowest possible (2,4X) speed)

Got an nVidia card... don't know if I have the confidence to mess with that, though.

Performed checksum on the iso using MD5 & SHA Checksum Utility 2.1
Tried three different brands of DVD+RW discs
Tried two USB flash drives using multiple file systems (FAT, FAT32, exFAT, etc.)

HI I would try Zorin 6.0 rather than 8! Did you check the md5 sum after downloading the .iso? I only use imgburn from http://imgburn.com for burning to ensure I get no coasters and always at 1x (if your burner supports it). If you have an nvidia card and you are trying to run Zoriin 8 Live, press the Tab key and enter 'nomodeset' then press Enter.

Really don't like Zorin 6 Lite.
Yes, checked the md5 sum after downloading.
Haven't had a bad burn from Nero in ten years!
Did the "nomodeset" thing... still no luck.

Hi Mark, I meant Zorin 6 Core not Lite!

Thanks, Swarf. Actually, I did successfully install 6 Core... then 7 Core... had "issues" with both. Then installed 6 Lite. It's not as bad as I thought, if only I could get the screen resolution I want. I'm using an older nVidia card... icons are CNIB certified ... won't be able to tolerate it much longer.

All I can get in res is 1000&something X 800-odd, whereas I need 1280 X 1024.
If I were sure a new card would solve the problem, I'd buy one. However, if it didn't, I'd be looking at the ol' pistol in the mouth trick.

Hi Mark, I think you might be better hopping to Trisquel (http://trisquel.info) or LXLE (this is like Zorin Lite but has LTS to April 2017 - http://lxle.net)

I'll check that out immediately, Swarf. Mucho gracias!

Having played around with Lubuntu 13 over the past few days on disc, I've decided to to wait for the first stable release of Lubuntu 14... 14 days & counting. Exciting, or what?

Mark wrote:Having played around with Lubuntu 13 over the past few days on disc, I've decided to to wait for the first stable release of Lubuntu 14... 14 days & counting. Exciting, or what?

Hi Mark,

Zorin Lite 8 is now out:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6917

See also:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4835