I had the same problem, I fixed another way. I didnt selected any specific UbuntuStudio packages( audio, 2d/3d, graphics), just the minimal sistem, after booting then add the cd and configure everything you need and it should work. <div class="gmail_quote">2009/11/6 mark <<a href="mailto:mark@aktivix.org">mark@aktivix.org</a>> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi John, <div class="im"> john wrote: > In the middle of the installation, when installing the applications, the > process stops and a red screen shows up saying installation failed, even > before I can install grub2. > I've tried both the 32bit and the amd64bit versions of the dvd and both > fail! It's never happened to me before with previous installations! > Anyone have the same problem? </div>Yes, I had the same problem. In my case, the failure was due to the ms-ttf-corefonts installer trying to download fonts when I hadn't configured a network connection. The solution in my case was to repeat the failing step of the installation twice (only took a few seconds - I don't know why that worked) which allowed then after the install was complete and my network was configured, "sudo dpkg --configure -a" HTH, Mark -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users</a> </blockquote></div> -- Fagote / Contrafagote Bassoon / Contra-bassoon <a href="http://myspace.com/ricardolameiro">http://myspace.com/ricardolameiro</a>