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    How long should an installation of 14.04 take?

    I have a very old laptop and had installed Xubuntu some time ago. But I did't like the way the informaton was presented, read an article about Kubuntu and decided to try Kubuntu 14.04 and install it over Xubuntu. In the beginning all went well, was connected to the internet and started the rest of the installation . But after some time the turning circles stopped and moved only spasmodically now and then. At the moment the circles don't move at all, but the light on the DVD-player is still on (green).
    I'm still in the phase "preparation"..., next should be "partitoning"? How long should I wait - and what can I do if I have to start all over again , just switch off the laptop?
    I've the Dutch version.
    Thanks in advance.

    EDIT: At last I switched he lapop off and started all over again, but now without internet connection. During the installation the old situation appeared again (wireless etc) and is now proceedng nicely. I looks it's going to be allright. Sorry for the trouble!
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    No trouble! Glad you have it installed
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      #3
      That is something that has been happening with all of my (re)installs as well.
      As long as you don't tick the "Download updates" box during the install, it all goes well.
      But it hangs if you do, and you have to start all over again.
      I don't even tick the "third party software" box.
      It must be some kind of bug, because i know i have an internet connection.
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        And everyone has a different experience with this, right? Recently, I installed 14.04, I checked everything--updates, software, whatever--and within minutes I had it done. I didn't time it, but on the order of 10-15 minutes, might have been 20 minutes, grand total. Quick, smooth, slick. Many of us here do the partitioning first (using GParted Live CD, for example), before running the Kubuntu install disk.
        An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. Charles Bukowski
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          LOL ,,,,,,ya I am sure every one has a different experience with an install ,,, as meney different experiences as their are different hardware combinations ...... LOL

          you (the OP) never gave any specks for the box in question , but say it is vary old .

          we must remember that wile running off a live cd we are running a system in RAM , so if you have vary little RAM the system must continually work in the RAM it has , clear some ,,,,read from cd to RAM , do more work and so on ,,,,,,this is slow .
          it can be helped some if you have a good sized swap partition already on the HD for the cd to use , and it will,

          a good idea for older equipment with less than a GB of RAM is to do the partitioning first and have a large 2-4GB swap partition as well.
          start the install , do not check the download updates or third party software boxes , at the disk set up part chose "manual" and point the installer to your premade partitions and wile on this screen make shure grub (the boot loader) is going to the right place (in most cases this is /sda ),,

          continue with the install ,,,, when done and you reboot go to system settings>desktop effects and turn them off (after you are comfortable with the install you can try turning them back on and see if it slows you down to much )

          VINNY
          i7 4core HT 8MB L3 2.9GHz
          16GB RAM
          Nvidia GTX 860M 4GB RAM 1152 cuda cores
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            Using the option to get updates, etc over the internet can make that part of the process slow, depending on the particular servers being used, and how many people are hitting them. Geography and who run these repos on their servers (mainly Unis) also play a big part.
            It would be nice if the installer could detect a super slow connection and offer to abort the update part, but I'd guess there are plenty of folks where this is the norm.

            Personally, I've had installs take from approx 15 mins to nearly 2 hours, all due to download speed.

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              Originally posted by claydoh View Post

              Personally, I've had installs take from approx 15 mins to nearly 2 hours, all due to download speed.
              he he he ,,,,the last install I did (Kubuntu-14.10) on my hot new box was finished by the time I took/left a pee after answering the last few questions in the installer
              but I have had them take as long as an hour+ on old week hardware with little RAM and a slow CPU


              Originally posted by claydoh View Post
              Sent from my Verizon HTC Droid DNA Android smartphone running ViperRom Kit Kat, using Tapatalk, like all that really matters
              O it matters ,,,,,,,,,yes it dose.

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                Originally posted by vinnywright View Post


                O it matters ,,,,,,,,,yes it dose.

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