On Sunday 23 December 2001 21:51, you wrote: > I tried the 'linux nobiospn' option also, and it is the same problem: > "Kernel panic! Attempted to kill init!". It seems the process starts up > and goes through more than a screen of startup stuff, then it freezes > there. > > I am going to try and install it on an ancient Mint Pentium 200MHz > computer I have here with 92MB RAM and see if that works. If it does it > will confirm that the CD-ROM is ok and that there is some incompatibility > with Mandrake Linux on my HP. This HP is a real cheap system ($389 new at > Yodobashi Camera) and is sort of a minimal system: 400MHz Celeron, 4GB > HD, 192MB RAM and a USB network connection.
one other thing I thought of, is the Harddrive clean or are you dual booting? If you have less room than what you are trying to install it will quit on you. Obvious, I know but thought I would mention it. I'll stop now. : ) -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842
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