Installation problems

[Ron Bellomo]

AirCooled wrote:

> Hello,
> I'm a brand-new wannabe user of Linux. I'm a "wannabe" becuase I 
> cannot get the OS to install. I've tried the default installation(I 
> burned my CD image from a mirror), and it stops responding at the 
> "configuring network usingDHCP", I've used the expert installation and 
> just jump right past that, in the parttion portion it stops responding 
> when it starts writing the file structure. I even left it on all 
> night, and in the morning it was 0% complete. Can somebody help me? Or 
> am I forever destined to be an indentured servant to Windows XP. If 
> only I had known how glitchy, slow and "UN-user" friendly XP was, I 
> would have continued with my 98SE.
> Someone please help me! There seems to be no documentation regarding 
> these problems, other than the "Ctrl+C", and it has no effect.
>  
> Regards,
>  
> AirCooled

Hi,

Can you give us some idea about the hardware you are trying to install 
linux on?

There are many things that might be casuing a problem but it almost 
impossible to say if we don't know some of the details.