If your problem is that your keyboard doesn't work while installation. Change your notebook's BIOS setting and try again. Disable "USB legacy support" or similar in your BIOS. In article <BAY8-F121aM5hBJWf3J0001e63a@xxxxxxxxxxx> devjit_n@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: >> I am trying to install Core 1. Config is AMD Athlon-XP(M) 1.87 GHz, 192 MB >> RAM + 64 MB shared video mem, 15" XGA TFT with ATI Radeon card. I dont seem >> to be able to proceed with the installation after the kernel image is >> uncompressed from boot CD, in either text or graphics mode. Is this a >> problem with drivers/resolution? I would appreciate any >> help/suggestions/insight.