I had a similar issue on a machine.

It turned out to be my CD's.  I tried new, freshly burned CDs and it worked 
fine.

~~Brad

On Thursday 06 February 2003 02:21 pm, you wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm trying to install Mandrake 9.0 on a Toshiba Satellite 2430 laptop
> (P4 2.4, 256MB, NVidia 4GO 420).
> Using the install guidelines, I've tried to install booting from CD and
> boot floppy (using cdrom.img). In each case, the graphical installation
> screen gives the option of pressing enter for a graphical install, or
> other options such as text install, expert etc. However, no matter which
> of these I use, the install hangs almost immediately after pressing
> ENTER.
> In text mode, the screen output is:
>
> Loading alt0...
> Loading alt0/all.rgz...
> Ready...
> Uncompressing Linux ... OK, booting the Kernel.
>
> Here is where the system hangs (no screen output or CPU activity) and i
> end up having to shut down.
>
> Has anyone else had this problem or know of a fix. Could be a SETUP BIOS
> problem?
>
> thanks,
> Simon

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