Please make sure that you are using Zorin OS 15.2 Lite or one of the Lite derivatives (Ultimate Lite or Education Lite), as these are the only editions of Zorin OS that run on computers with less than 2 GB of RAM.
After booting the Zorin OS Installation USB drive to the desktop, please follow these steps without opening any other apps:
Click on the network indicator in the left side of the bottom panel to connect to your network
Open the Zorin menu > System > Terminal
Enter the following command: sudo apt update
After the command finished running, close the Terminal window
Double-click the “Install Zorin OS 15.2” icon on the desktop to start the installation process normally
Please note that running Zorin OS from a USB drive will run slower and uses more system resources & RAM than after it’s installed to the computer.
Hi,
I tried running the sudo apt update and when it finished I closed the terminal but still, during the guided installation it freezes. I’ll send a pic of gparted, I hope this can help.
It does help; that answered the partitions question perfectly.
Given that it froze on "additional drivers" and during installation, I wonder if the graphics drivers are responsible.
Something you may try:
Boot up the machine from the USB and when you reach the Grub Screen that says
Try Zorin
Install Zorin
and so on... Note: this is the grub screen you see prior to trying out the OS in the LiveCD demo...
Do not select any of those options but instead hit the "e" key.
This will open a Terminal Text Editor for a temporary grub. Using your arrow keys, navigate through to where it says "quiet splash."
Replace just the words "quiet splash" with "quiet splash nomodeset"
Then hit ctrl+x keys to continue onward. Try the installation again.
If it freezes, you can try repeating the above steps but instead of adding "nomodeset", instead add "quiet splash modprobe.blacklist=nouveau"
And try to install again.
Assuming either of the above gets things moving again, be sure to select the option during installation to install third party drivers.
Once installed, boot up and then immediately repeat Azorins advice above:
Open a terminal and enter in
Well, then.
Um…
Have you tried dropping down once to Try or Install Zorin OS (safe graphics)?
That does what we are trying to do… and I may be outdated here.
No problem
So, I tried with the tab key, as @AZorin suggested. I modified the text but when I pressed Enter, some text appeared (something like “no caching”), but it always happens but this time it was way more bigger and pixelated and after that a glitchy screen appeared. This happened when I selected the “Safe graphic” option and when I modified the text. It looks like the graphics is not causing the problem, I think, but I don’t know anything about Linux, and you are way more specialized!
I don’t know if it can help, but on the PC I have Lubuntu, recently I typed something wrong in the terminal and after that all system applications couldn’t work with internet, for example I can’t use:
use sudo apt-get update/upgrade
check application updates
Maybe this is causing this issue? Should I try installing another distro and then Zorin?
It sounds like graphics issues to me. I wonder if, as Azorin pointed out, the mode of Legacy being used is involved. Can you go into the MB BIOS and just check that it is set to legacy and what it offers?
I do not think that the Lubuntu setting can affect this installation in any way. This LiveCD and installation is running independently of that.
This is true for installing another distro and then trying the Zorin installation again. And, you may run into the same trouble installing the other distro.
Hi guys, I have a small update!
Guess what? I flashed on the same USB Xubuntu 18.04.5 and I could bypass the updates and drivers step! Now I’m busy, but when I’ll be free I’ll install Xubuntu and then Zorin! And let’s hope everything will be ok
So, I didn’t check the BIOS, but this PC only supports Legacy boot (it’s from 2007)
Hi guys,
I successfully installed Xubuntu. I downloaded again the Zorin ISO and flashed it on the same USB.
It’s stuck (after 1 hour) at the “Updates and other software” page, the only that’s working is the mouse cursor but it’s very laggy
Could you please start a new thread on that and describe in detail what it is doing? What you have tried, so far. What you see when you check your config in terminal...
