Zorin 9 Installation Freezes

Hi again

Right now i'm trying to install Zorin 9 on my third computer ( out of 4 ) . Sucessfully installed it on two older computers ( a 2004 AMD Athlon 64 & a 2006 laptop with Intel dual core ) with no problems during the installation, but this 3rd one is giving me quite the headache .

It's a 2006 AMD Athlon 64 .... with ( sigh! ) ... yeah, an integrated Nvdidia graphic card ( yikes! ) .
Already tried to install Zorin 9 on this computer more than a dozen times :

- double cheching MD5 for the iso file
- burned it on dvd ( lowest possible speed ) & 3 different usb sticks ( usb that worked fine on the other 2 computers )
- Installed it in english language ( not my native tongue ) in order to avoid any issue ( according to what i've read around so far )
....
but the installation always freezes at some point ... or being more specific... the screen kinda-pixilate(?!?) then freezes the installation process. I managed to set up the time-zone/keyboard/user-password-etc.... then starts copying files for a while then ... kaboom !

I'm sure there must be a way around this, or i'd swear there's even something on the forum already but can't find it right now . I deeply apologize if this is some regular issue everybody is bored to death to see around .

Truth be told, this computer is kinda particular, tried LXLE , Elementary , OpenSuse, Debian.... and tons of other distros/forks/etc ... and for the time being, Debian-based distros are the ones getting the most out this hardware ( running RoboLinux right now ) ... but, i desperately want Zorin !!! , it runs really fast on a 2 years older AMD Athlon computer with half the ram plus i can add all my favorite software ( can't do so with RoboLinux ) .

Any hint about where should i start ?

Thanks a ton in advance

Have you tried running off of the live disk? Does the computer run as expected with a Live disk, or does it freeze at some point just while loading the live disk as well?

I had something exactly like this happen to me recently... it turns out it was an issue with the already installed system. I had to format the existing HDD, and format the USB I was installing from.

Turns out there were some kinda package conflicts or something and not formatting the drives will allow the systems to somehow merge or something like that, I don't know all the exact details, but that was my understanding of it.

Hope this helps!

Thanks for your message

Yes, tried the live version from an USB stick first and .... worked fine the first time ... until it froze at a given moment. From then on, never was able to run the live version from that USB drive again.

And yes, absolutely, i always format all usb sticks before creating a live/iso-linux version, also format everything/ create new paritions on each new installation as well ...

SO your not able to boot the live disk anymore either ?

That would be super odd. possible issue with the USB maybe, have you tried getting another USB and trying it?

Linx wrote:SO your not able to boot the live disk anymore either ?

That would be super odd. possible issue with the USB maybe, have you tried getting another USB and trying it?

Hi again

Is it just me or the forum was almost-dead yesterday ? >__>

Resuming ...

Yes, that's correct. That live disk doesn't work anymore .... although it just happens on this computer .

Just borrowed three different usb-sticks, will be making brand new live disks within few minutes. Will keep you updated

On the meanwhile, enjoy your weekend