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[SOLVED] Zorin Live DVD

Mr_Win98

Fri Aug 30, 2013 8:51:59 am

I downloaded the Zorin 6.4 and Zorin 7 DVD ISO files and burned to a DVD but both are unable to run Live on my computer,

It starts, then after about 5 minutes or so the screen blanks and then shows what looks like pic tryin to load and that is all it does.

Specs are:
CPU: Pentium 4 HT 3.2Ghz
RAM: 2.5GB
Video: PCIe nvidia geforce
Sound: Sound Blaster Live

Wolfman

Fri Aug 30, 2013 1:26:25 pm

Hi,

when you burnt the disk, did you do this?:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4771

When you boot the live disk, wait until you see the main menu then press the "Tab" key and type "nomodeset" and press enter and see if that helps!.

Regards Wolfman :D

Mr_Win98

Sat Aug 31, 2013 3:30:07 pm

I was ablel to get it running live and a full install.

For help to others here is what I did:
to run live I use BOTH nomodest and acpi=off to get Live to wok on my PC.

It was slow but usable because it didn't recognize my nvidia gt240 pcie video card.

To use it after a full install here is what I did:
Get in Live and then install the OS.

When it completes and ya reboot wait for the menu to appear and then choose advanced.
On next menu choose recovery.
When in recovery choose failsafex
Press <Tab> <Enter> on the keyboard.

When the new items appear the top item is resume just press enter to boot into Zorin.
Once in I went to System - Administration then synaptic manager.
Once in the manager I searched for nvidia and installed and rebooted.

At the menu I left it alone and let it reboot normally and the system works great. I hope this helps others.