Einstein said doing the same thing and expecting different results was a sign of madness - but then he didn't like quantum mechanics and had no experience of PCs! I think there might be a wiki page with a list of boot options you can try if your boot freezes, but I can't remember where it is. Try google with the site: option? My connection's rubbish or I'd have a go myself. Neil. P.S. Sorry for the brevity, this is typed on my phone. <div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 26, 2012 9:58 PM, "James Morrissey" <<a href="mailto:morrissey.james1@gmail.com">morrissey.james1@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Hi Tony, > I have just tried a Lubuntu 12.04 beta on USB in my old EEEPC (and I mean > the original 7" with Celeron processor and 512MB) and had no problem. Yes, its been great using 11.10. I set up the same machine as you have for my mother using 11.10, and it worked like a charm. > It does reach a stage where the dots stop changing colour, but after about a > minute or so of that it does boot OK. I waited a fair while. I'll try it again and just leave it to sit there and see what happens. > What is your machine? Asus ARp6, 1GB or R Screen size - 15.4 in - 1280 x 800 Processor - Intel Celeron M 420 - 1.6 GHz RAM - 512 MB (added another 512) Hard Drive - 80 GB Optical Drive - DVD±RW (+R double layer) / DVD-RAM Graphics - ATI Radeon Xpress 200M Webcam - Integrated j -- <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/</a> </blockquote></div>