> On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Mark Weaver wrote:
>
>
>> Hi List,
>>
>> I've got a good one. The machine is a Dell Optiplex
>> GX100/Cel566Mhz/128MB SDRAM - (2) IDE HDD. I've had Mandrake
>> installed on this machine before, but due to some mother board
>> troubles I had to have the board replaced. Since placing the new
>> mobo into the machine though I've not been able to get Mandrake
>> installed. It boots fine from the CDROM and from a boot disk, but
>> just as it announces it's booting the kernel from the CDROM to
>> begin the installation is just stops displaying the kernel that
>> it's booting.
>
>
> There's a memory checking utility on one of the Mandrake disks. I've
> seen several cases where bad memory turned out to the culprit. It
> would boot fine, even run DOS programs fine, but fail whenever Linux
> tried to access the memory.
yup...saw that there while I was poking around making a boot disk. However, as soon as I removed the secondary video card and switched the onboard video card to on, the darn thing worked perfectly. Darndest thing I've ever seen!
Mark
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