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I have a windows 8.1 preinstaled ASUS (mea culpa).

I am really desperate about installing ubuntu, since the preinstalled OS is unusable out of the box on this low ressources laptop.

I have tried to install lubuntu and kubuntu and I can't get those to boot using UUI USB boot creator.

I am able to get ubuntu 15.04 desktop 64 to boot, but it freezes once the purple screen with the ubuntu logo loads.

How can I debug this?

What is the reason for this?

Is there another linux version (with GUI) which I can install on my ASUS laptop?

I have checked ISO integrity, it checks out.

I have checked the CD integrity on boot and I get 2 errors every single time.

I have tried this with two different USB drives, tried making the bootable USB on two different computers and tried downloading the iso multiple times.

What is left to try?

user1721135
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Hmmm... odd have you tried booting while holding shift. This will boot you into the grub dialog where you can test recovery techniques try those out.

Floturcocantsee
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I'm sorry, I can not post comments. I would have asked for clarification in a comment otherwise.

  1. Please could you post the exact model of your Asus laptop, with a links to the spec. sheet and support site.

  2. I would suggest trying a lower resource distribution such as Lubuntu or Xubuntu.

  3. Are you sure that there is no hardware fault? Try one of the diagnostic live distros:

Darren
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That's really strange!

I've been making/using CD's/DVD's & USB's with various Linux on multitudes of computers for a long time now (in fact, use these to recover data from client's non-booting Windows machines). I can't recall the last time I had any issues?

1stly, download a fresh, 64 bit ISO of the Ubuntu you want.

2ndly: try making your USB with this & see how you go? Try booting the USB to test your hardware, pre-installation. Now, test the install. If no joy-->

Lastly: try Linux Mint 17.1 Mate (based on Ubuntu). I love it & it runs fine on 2GB (though, if I were you I'd pop for another 2GB & drop it in... :)

Cheers from AU

Tracy LF
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