03-29-2014, 05:06 PM
Thanks very much for your thoughtful reply, but this netbook has a 160GB hard drive, not a small SSD,
so I don't see space per se as the issue.
It may be that the partition map the installation is selecting for the dual boot option
is an issue.
At this point, I think an MBR has been (re)written, because the machine won't boot XP anymore.
Or anything.
I can still boot off the USB stick.
One other thought I had is that I selected the option to encrypt my own user directory.
Since the install hangs up at 'Create user', I thought perhaps that was an issue.
I am going to try this one more time without that option.
But I do appreciate any suggestions.
MK
so I don't see space per se as the issue.
It may be that the partition map the installation is selecting for the dual boot option
is an issue.
At this point, I think an MBR has been (re)written, because the machine won't boot XP anymore.
Or anything.
I can still boot off the USB stick.
One other thought I had is that I selected the option to encrypt my own user directory.
Since the install hangs up at 'Create user', I thought perhaps that was an issue.
I am going to try this one more time without that option.
But I do appreciate any suggestions.
MK