# Netrunner Installation on my Thinkpad R500
**URL:** https://support.blue-systems.com/t/netrunner-installation-on-my-thinkpad-r500/3201
**Category:** Netrunner 16
**Created:** [May 23, 2015, 6:48am UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/netrunner-installation-on-my-thinkpad-r500/3201 "2015-05-23T06:48:50Z")
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### Author:  [@holgerw](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/holgerw)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2015, 6:48am UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/netrunner-installation-on-my-thinkpad-r500/3201/1 "2015-05-23T06:48:50Z")
Hi,
I’ve installed Netrunner 16 amd64 on my Desktop Computer, everything works fine, I’ve used an USB-Stick as source for installation.
Then I start installation on my TP R500. But it ssems that the installer does not like my harddisk constellation:
Partition table: gpt
/dev/sda1 2GB bios\_grub
/dev/sda2 15 GB /target for Netrunner
/dev/sda3 15 GB /debian
/dev/sda4 160GB /daten
After prepairing harddisk settings the installer tries to format /dev/sda2 with ext4, but it hangs, the progress bar shows 33%, after 10 minutes nothing further happens. This is reproducible.
I’ve solved it with following procedere:
1. Booting netrunner16
2. Installing gparted
3. Prepaire /dev/sda2 using gparted
4. Starting netrunner installer
5. Prepare harddisk without formatting /dev/sda2
Then the installing procedere works.
Kind regards,
Holger
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### Author:  [@m7user](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/m7user)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2015, 7:01am UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/netrunner-installation-on-my-thinkpad-r500/3201/2 "2015-05-23T07:01:42Z")
my very first install hung during late phase , because I had used unetbootin to put nr 16 ISO onto USB stick.
instead one must use “[color=#993366]usb-creator-gtk[/color]” for that. But even then, manual hard disk partitioning is not too easy, if possible at all (BIOS BOOT area partn).