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I have a HDD sitting around that I will try. But if that doesn't work, I think it is destined for parts. Thanks again!

are you talking about a standard hard drive? I could try that but the slowness might make it useless. (Impressive machine you have though)

ok. Thanks all! But it seems the SSD is now the problem. It cannot prepare required partitions. So I think this experiment will not work if it can't handle an SSD. Thanks again!

good points. Thanks!

THanks! Ill try that next.

Ooops. With LMDE5 I am getting the following error: "Requires x86-64 CPU. Only i686 detected."

I know I am pushing the envelope on this. Trying to make an old laptop usable for someone who only needs a basic machine. I fix up old ones as best I can and donate them to a local non-profit to gives them to people in need. But I admit, maybe this one is destined for recycling.

Thanks! Some more info: Intel Celeron M440 @ 1.86 GHz. Brand new SSD. I'll try Mint LMDE5.

I am trying to install Linux Mint on an old Acer Aspire 3680 laptop. (2 gigs mem, new SSD hard drive) I have Linux Mint on a bootable USB flash drive. When I try to install after the GNU GRUB menu, it goes right to the command line. No errors, no requests. And it will just sit there for hours...