Bodhi 6.0.0 boot halts

Try the "Slackware old school" installation method, i. e. using a swap partition to extend RAM.



1) Boot the computer from the official Bodhi Linux 6.0 distribution image and start the installation process.

2) Switch to the text console from the first installer dialog ("Welcome. Select Language")  using [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[F2] and login as "bodhi".

3) Determine the storage device to which you want to install Bodhi:

$ lsblk -o NAME,SIZE,TYPE,MODELI assume this is "sdx" device in the "NAME" column.


4) Wipe the logical structure of the target storage (ALL DATA WILL BE LOST!):

$ sudo wipefs -a /dev/sdx?

$ sudo wipefs -a /dev/sdx
5) Create the empty partitions block:

$ echo 'label: mbr' | sudo sfdisk /dev/sdx
5) Create 1,0 GB = 1024 MB swap partition:

$ echo '-,1024M,S,-' | sudo sfdisk /dev/sdx


6) Create the logical structure of the swap partition (it is the first partition on the target device so use digit "1"):
$ sudo mkswap /dev/sdx1
7) Activate the swap partition:

$ sudo swapon /dev/sdx1
8) Verify that the swap is active:

$ swaponNAME TYPE SIZE USED PRIO

/dev/sdx1 partition 1024M 0B -2


or

$ free -h...

Swap: 1.0Gi



9) Close the text console seance:

$ exit
10) Switch back to the installer console ([Alt]+[F1]) and continue the installation process.

Note that you must create the target partition for the Bodhi Linux manually. Don't choose "Erase disk and install Bodhi" because it will delete the swap partition. 
Choose "Something else" instead, select the "free space" row, click the "+" button, choose type "Primary" and mountpoint "/" and press "Install now".