Troubleshooting Linux Mint Install: Error 8000 reading sector ....

Chris679

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Scenario:
Windows XP took a plunge & don't have original CD to reinstall. So decided to install a new OS to replace the broken windows XP. I downloaded the ISO image for Linux Mint Qiana and tried a USB boot using the Universal USB Installer to no avail.

Current Situation:
Burned Linux ISO image to DVD and trying to boot from CD however I get a "error 8000 reading sector ..... No default UI or configuration found"

Questions
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Is it the DVD disk?
Do I need to use a proper burn ISO software? If so, any suggestions?
Do i need to try sth like this? (Click here for link)
Is it a compatibility issue?
What else can I do?

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Machine Specs
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- HP Compaq dc7600 Small Form Factor
- Pentuim 4 with 512MB RAM and 40GB HDD
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Many Thanks!
New User.
 
Solution
I personally use PowerISO and its free. I've never had any problems after burning an iso image.

Not sure what the problem may be but Linux mint comes in both 64-bit and 32-bit iso images. Obviously your P4 system would use the 32-bit iso image. May want to verify you downloaded the correct image.

That being said with your system and the amount of RAM it has you may want to explore lighter weight Linux Distros. Don't get me wrong Mint is a great distro but with your system specs it may be sluggish or may not never tried it on my P4 system.

http://lubuntu.net/
You may want to check out Lubuntu which is made with a much lighter weight desktop UI and may have better performance on your system. Lubuntu should be be a pretty automatic...

pacific27

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I personally use PowerISO and its free. I've never had any problems after burning an iso image.

Not sure what the problem may be but Linux mint comes in both 64-bit and 32-bit iso images. Obviously your P4 system would use the 32-bit iso image. May want to verify you downloaded the correct image.

That being said with your system and the amount of RAM it has you may want to explore lighter weight Linux Distros. Don't get me wrong Mint is a great distro but with your system specs it may be sluggish or may not never tried it on my P4 system.

http://lubuntu.net/
You may want to check out Lubuntu which is made with a much lighter weight desktop UI and may have better performance on your system. Lubuntu should be be a pretty automatic install.

http://www.slitaz.org/en/about/
I still have my old P4 system and used to run SliTaz Linux. Very minimal distro but it ran really well on that older hardware. I was surprised how fast it ran. My system has 2.5gb RAM but don't think it would make much of a difference with SliTaz as it's made to run on minimal hardware. SliTaz will take a little bit of knowledge to get running as you will have to partition your HDD for your swap/root/home directories but i believe most of the information you would need is on their website. SliTaz only comes in 32-bit


Good Luck
 
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Chris679

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Much thanks for responding to this thread. The problem was with the DVD burner program I used, I've used your suggestion but by that time Id already figured an install via USB. but PowerISO did work.

yea, I downloaded a 32-bit ofcourse and its running the installation now..I'll try it out and if it doesnt work for this machine then I'll check Lubuntu

Thanx!