I am now attempting to install from purchased mandrake 8.0 CDs from the powerpack. I have a Dell Dimension XPS 266 w/ 196MG Ram. I currenlty have WinME installed and running. I initially try booting from the install CD. I get the first splash screen with the options to hit enter or F1 for more options. I hit enter and next I see white text on black background. It begins doing things - usually the last thing I see it do before the system locks up is Partition check: hda: hda1 hda2 <hda5> RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 Uncompressing.... and then it halts or freezes or locks up. Usually all my lights on the keyboard come on and the computer is completely unresponsive. I have to hit the reset button (ctrl alt delete doesn not work) as the power button doesn't even respond. sometimes the halt occurs at other stages in whatever is happening after that first splash screen. I have tried the other options vgalo text and linux with the same results. I created a bootdisk and got the same results. The same problem occured with CDs made from a downloaded ISO file - I thought they were corrupt so I said what the heck and just went out and bought the packaged version. Any ideas what else I could try?
