Bodhi Linux - Hanging on Install

*This question may be related, but it is woefully unresolved, and I don't have the reputation to add to it.* **Short Version:** > While running the Bodhi 2.4 live OS from a thumbdrive, opening the Install > wizard only allows me to get **two steps** in ("select language", "check > requirements") before hanging indefinitely on my 5-year-old rig's freshly-formatted 1TB internal drive. >*Is there something I am missing?* **Long Version:** > I recently butchered an Ubuntu 14.10 primary OS by fiddling where I shouldn't, *though it had been > going downhill since upgrading from 14.04 anyways*. While > deleting the Linux partition I also deleted GRUB and couldn't figure out how to get into > my Windows 7 dual-boot. So I decided to just wipe my drive and start > fresh, *assuming this would be the cleanest route and also so that I could try something new.* > > I formatted my 1TB Samsung internal as ext4 with a 12GB Linux Swap > partition. I have Bodhi Linux running from a 2TB USB flash drive. The > live OS is working just fine, *it's what I'm using to compose this > post*. I can install software, tweak configurations, and check my > drive(s) in GParted. The one thing I can't get it to do is install. It hangs on the screen titled "Preparing to install Bodhi" with two green-for-go checks next to the requirements ("has at least 3.1 GB available drive space","is connected to the internet"). I hit **Continue**, and then **Continue** and **Back** become greyed out, and then that's it. I've restarted and done this at least six times. I checked the drive for errors, it passed. I even unplugged my other two internals, *because, I don't know, why not*. I have hit **Continue** after ensuring that "Download updates while installing" is checked and also after ensuring that it is deselected. Today, just in case I was being too impatient, I hit **Continue**, left for my 8-hour work day, and came back to the exact same screen I had left this morning. > > This never throws an error message, and nothing ever locks up. In > fact, I'm looking at the very Install wizard screen under discussion > right now. The system is still perfectly responsive, and the Install > wizard is refusing to do anything more than grey out the **Back** and > **Continue** buttons. The wizard is still functional in that I can use the **Quit** button without any issues, I can select and deselect the > checkbox next to "Download updates while installing", and I can move > the application window around. ---------- **Source Specs:** - SanDisk Cruzer Micro 2GB *thumb drive* **Destination Specs:** - Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 *Mobo* - AMD Phenom II X4 920 64bit *CPU* - 6GB DDR3 DIMM 1066MHz (2GBx3) *RAM* - Sapphire Radeon HD 4830 *GPU* - Samsung 1TB 7200RPM *HDD* **lshw output:** *-disk description: ATA Disk product: SAMSUNG HD103SJ physical id: 0.1.0 bus info: scsi@5:0.1.0 logical name: /dev/sda version: 1AJ1 serial: S246J90Z199477 size: 931GiB (1TB) capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=10729873 *-volume:0 description: EXT4 volume vendor: Linux physical id: 1 capacity: 919GiB capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink extents ext4 ext2 initialized configuration: created=2015-01-18 19:21:56 filesystem=ext4 label=Samsung1000ext4 modified=2015-01-19 22:19:56 state=clean *-volume:1 description: Extended partition physical id: 2 bus info: scsi@5:0.1.0,2 logical name: /dev/sda2 size: 12GiB capacity: 12GiB capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended