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I use Trisquel GNU/Linux 7.0. I am trying to install it on my uncle's desktop-pc (running with Windows7 currently) from (bootable) USB.

The scenario is: I plug USB stick, choose boot from USB, choose "Try Trisquel without Installing" or "Install Trisquel", when desktop displays I choose install Trisquel (in case of try without installing) and while going with (for both case) step-by-step wizard it hangs within a minute. Sometimes at 1st step language-selection, sometimes at 2nd step, hardly I can reach to selection of partition and it hangs. Hence I am unable to start the installation process.

I've tried three-times burning USB with different ways viz. usb-creator-gtk, universal usb installer, and sudo dd if=/path/to/trisquel_7.0_i686.iso of=/dev/sdc, also tried formatting USB with FAT32, NTFS, also tried with 3 different slot that pc has for USB plug; but all the times It (mostly) boots fine but facing above mentioned problem.

Note that there is no such problem if I run USB in my pc. So, I think there might be some compatibility problem with hardware or booting-configuration. That pc is simple desktop-pc with no extra graphics card (integrated only) and 1GB of RAM. Also note that pc has no problems with current system and working fine but unfortunately don't has CD/DVD ROM and that's why I am trying to install from USB.

So, Is there any workaround? Any configuration/option that I can change for getting rid of this problem and have a smooth installation?

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  • Which language are you installing in? I suggest trying English for once! I had a similar problem with also Ubuntu-based Linux Mint, where the installer has a problem installing in any other language but English. You can change the language for menus and windows from English to another language in System Settings after you have installed Trisquel.
    – TJJ
    Feb 5, 2016 at 21:31
  • @TJJ Already using English.
    – Pandya
    Feb 6, 2016 at 9:44

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Enabling the following options (provided to configure kernel options by pressing F6 at the staring screen) helped me:

acpi=off
noapic
nolapic
edd=on
nodmraid
nomodeset

And today I successfully installed Trisquel GNU/Linux 7.0

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