Not able to Install PCLINUXOS 2010

[capndavy]

Sorry, I am not technical to find all this info. I will say that my 2009 and all previous iterations of this OS have installed an run flawlessly.
=Dave=

You might consider posting what hardware you have. That way someone with more technical know how might be able to help you.

I agree, in particular it would be good to know how your hardware stacks up against the following PCLOS 2010 specified minimums -

Processor - Any Intel, AMD or VIA processor.

Memory & storage - RAM : 512 MB minimum, 1 GB recommended.

Hard disk - 3 GB minimum, 8-10 GB recommended for a full setup.

Video card - nVidia, ATI, Intel, SiS, Matrox, VIA.
3D desktop support requires a 3D instructions set compatible card.

Sound card - Any Sound Blaster, AC97 or HDA compatible card.
Creative Labs X-Fi cards are not currently supported.

Other - CD drive required.

SATA, IDE, SCSI, SAS - most controllers are supported in non-RAID mode.

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[capndavy]

Can't use a terminal on a program that has my computer locked. Can't even move the mouse.
=Dave=

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Instead of using the install icon on the desktop, try starting the installer from a terminal (Konsole) and when it hangs, if it does, take a note of the error/s and post them back for others to look at. They may indicate what the problem is.

regards.

[capndavy]

I think a partition change would be way too technical and risky for me Mentou. After all, my 2009 is running fine and I don't want to lose the use of Linux on my desktop.

I'm sorry Mr Texstar or whoever makes policy has elected to abandon the 2009 users from synaptec upgrades, or from "all support" as I've seen mentioned.

One thing you could do is download Parted Magic is about 40 mb and then burn it to a cd. Here is the link to go find it: http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=06005

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,73168.msg600258.html#msg600258

[Was_Just19]

Instead of using the install icon on the desktop, try starting the installer from a terminal (Konsole) and when it hangs, if it does, take a note of the error/s and post them back for others to look at. They may indicate what the problem is.

regards.

Can't use a terminal on a program that has my computer locked. Can't even move the mouse.
=Dave=

That does not make any sense to me.

If it is not locked sufficiently to click on the launch icon then it is not locked sufficiently to launch a terminal and type in a command ......