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Installation never finishes on an old Dell Latitude C400

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I am trying to install Ubuntu 12.04 on an old Dell Latitude C400 laptop previously running windows XP using an Ubuntu install CD.
The OS runs fine off the CD if a bit slow, and the installation starts off fine. However once the progress bar is filled I get put back to the desktop and nothing happens, first I assumed that the installation was completed but when I restarted the computer and booted from the hard drive nothing happened.
I tried to install a few more times but the same thing happens.

Am I doing something wrong? I do not get a error message or a installation complete notification.
Is there any way I could get some kind of debug screen or log to see if something went wrong or at least follow the installation progress in more detail.

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answered 1 Year ago atelti · Accepted Answer

Instead of trying to install from the desktop, boot from CD and choose install rather than try Ubuntu. From there you can install the OS without even needing to go to the desktop.

EDIT: Beat me to the answer ha. Like frantique said you could try the text install. Or go ahead and try what i said above.