# Pi zero w install Raspbian fails **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [12 October 2018 06:30 UTC](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/t/pi-zero-w-install-raspbian-fails/3674 "2018-10-12T06:30:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sam71053](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Sam71053](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/u/Sam71053)\ **Post date:** [12 October 2018 06:30 UTC](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/t/pi-zero-w-install-raspbian-fails/3674/1 "2018-10-12T06:30:34Z")
Hi, Can someone help me please? I am new to Raspberry Pi, but have experience in linux. I recently purchased 2 Raspberry Pis. A zero w about 2 weeks ago and a B 3+ this week. So far I had no luck setting up zero w. I downloaded NOOB from web site and tried installing Raspbian a few times which always stopped in the middle and did not progress. It hangs randomly between 50% ~ 70% progress. On the other hand, 3 B+ just worked fine in the first try. I even tried install raspbian from 3B+ and plugged the micro sd into zero w. It worked for about 10 minutes until it stopped and did not respond. - desktop was on screen but could mouse or keyboard did not respond. In the booting console window I could see a fail message. That message scrolled up quickly but it was something similar to this. Fatal, loading kernel failed. Is there any suggestion I can try? Thanks Sam. ---
**Author:** ![Clinton](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forum.core-electronics.com.au/clinton/32/1515_2.png) [@Clinton](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/u/Clinton)\ **Post date:** [12 October 2018 10:31 UTC](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/t/pi-zero-w-install-raspbian-fails/3674/2 "2018-10-12T10:31:04Z")
Hey Sam, Have you tried burning a fresh Raspbian image directly? The Pi Foundation have a guide on how to [burn it with etcher](https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/installing-images/README.md). ---
**Author:** ![Sam71053](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Sam71053](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/u/Sam71053)\ **Post date:** [13 October 2018 08:34 UTC](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/t/pi-zero-w-install-raspbian-fails/3674/3 "2018-10-13T08:34:43Z")
Hi Clinton, Thank you for the head up. I will give a go with this. ---
**Author:** ![Sam71053](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Sam71053](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/u/Sam71053)\ **Post date:** [13 October 2018 11:16 UTC](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/t/pi-zero-w-install-raspbian-fails/3674/4 "2018-10-13T11:16:13Z")
Hi Clinton, It installed the raspbian okay and didn’t die until I configure all ssh and vnc connection. It has been the best result so far. Thank you for your help. ---
**Author:** ![Clinton](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forum.core-electronics.com.au/clinton/32/1515_2.png) [@Clinton](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/u/Clinton)\ **Post date:** [13 October 2018 11:28 UTC](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/t/pi-zero-w-install-raspbian-fails/3674/5 "2018-10-13T11:28:13Z")
Did you enable the camera as well when turning on SSH and others? And have you tried turning them off one at a time to see if it is a particular one? ---
**Author:** ![Sam71053](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Sam71053](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/u/Sam71053)\ **Post date:** [13 October 2018 12:06 UTC](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/t/pi-zero-w-install-raspbian-fails/3674/6 "2018-10-13T12:06:12Z")
Hi Clinton, Probably my wording was not quite clear. It didn’t die yet. So it’s all good so far. I am not going to do much more with it for now, because I am going to play with 3 B+ first.