I'm trying to install LinuxMint

[Stephen]

The other point of note, do not install on battery, this is generally
a no no as it will do some CPU intensive things in addition to the
DC/HDD access and none of it with any power management to speak of.

On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 8:08 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> yes. internet is present on my system.
>
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 12:04 AM, Jim March <1.jim.march at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> "or something like that" (quoting you) means we can't google for an
>> answer.  Neither can you.  So...dude, you really need to step up your
>> game here, write down exact error messages, and if you can't find
>> anything googling at least we can.
>>
>> Sigh.
>>
>> Look...I just now got Mint12 running myself, using the
>> whole-disk-encryption process at:
>>
>> http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/344
>>
>> ...and that's harder than the standard install - you REALLY need to
>> pay attention and not do a reboot when the Mint installer wants you
>> to, you have to let the script work in the terminal.
>>
>> One thing about the Mint install that's different from Ubuntu: it
>> wants to do the latest updates as part of the install, so it wants a
>> real Internet connection while you're doing the LiveCD.  In my case
>> that's a bit of a pain as my WiFi card needs firmware (Broadcom 4312)
>> and hence can't work in LiveCD.  So I end up taking my Android phone
>> (HTC G2), setting it up to use my normal WiFi hotspot, doing tethering
>> off that to USB - basically using my phone as a USB WiFi card :).
>> That got me started, then using that I downloaded the WiFi firmware I
>> needed.
>>
>> So...do you have a working Internet connection while on the Mint12 LiveCD?
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 10:30 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Well, I tried Ubuntu 11.10 but when I am running of the battery it
>> > craashes.
>> > So I was told to try LinuxMint. I download it and it runs fine from the
>> > CD
>> > but when I'm trying to install it it hangs  towards the end when it
>> > tells me
>> > it is 'restoring previously installed software' (or something like
>> > that).
>> > What to do... oh what to do! Any advice?
>> >
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