On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 11:29:07PM +0100, Joerg Battermann wrote: > has anyone successfully installed core 1 on e.g. a Abit IC7-G motherboard? > When i try booting from the cd, it always hangs at the stage where it says > 'loading /sbin/loader' - can't switch to another console.. nor do anything > else :( Well, try the usual suspects such as "allowcddma" and "ide=nodma" and see if one of them allows you to install. michaelkjohnson "He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book." Linux Application Development -- Ben Franklin http://people.redhat.com/johnsonm/lad/