> Well, if you have tried that and booted from CD2 with an alternate > image, it may be failing at uncompressing the ramdisk (in other words, a > media vs CD drive problem) Alternate media or an alternate CD drive > would be my first moves next. After that.... Hmmm I know some people > with that model actually working under 8.1 so my guess is media. > > Civileme
Hmm. I should also have said that I used the retail box version (from Fry's electronics) and it still happens, so I'm hoping the media is good (especially since I tried a friends retail box version (the 7 or 8 cd set, for both his and mine), and had the same problem. I've also tried a downloaded version and it had the same result. So I'm hard pressed to think that its the CD media. Perhaps I'm having trouble with the CD drive in my laptop - but when I tried doing a network install it ran overnight asking the network for something and never got anywhere (using solaris as nfs server, with pcmcia ethernet card). I'll try some other things and report back later (things like ftp install, another nfs install with a mandrake nfs erver, etc). Civileme - if the people you know who have gotten 8.1 to work on their toshibas want to email me directly that would be fine if they have any ideas... Thanks! rc
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