I did verified the SHA512 with the ISO prior to writing to USB and it passed, and I had not installed anything in the live session. I was just connecting to Wi-Fi and launching the installer. SOLUTION: I tried the fresh copy route. I re-downloaded the ISO, verified SHA512 again, and wrote the ISO again with Rufus (same as I process I used before). This second version is working. So, it does indeed look like either the first download was no good (despite passing its checksum) or the first USB flash...
Running into a weird issue here. I am trying to install Peppermint with the latest 64-bit May 2022 image. I created my boot USB with Rufus and it boots to the live environment fine. I can connect the Internet and work in the live environment. The live environment is stable. Whenever I get to the user account creation screen, if I type any text into the "What is your name?" field (a single letter), the installer closes. I have tried filling out the login name, computer name, and passwords first and...