Mike Loiterman wrote: > I'm trying to install either Core 1 or 2 on a Dell Inspiron 3200 > laptop. > > Everything goes fine until it tries to install files off the CD. > This is the error: > > (4)hdc: ATAPI 24X CD-Rom drive, 128kB Cache, DMA > (6)Uniform CD-ROM drive revision 3.12 > (4)hdc: DMA interrupt recovery > (3)hdc: lost interrupt At the boot prompt, try linux hdc=nodma or linux nodma HTH, James. -- E-mail address: james@ | 'Or, to put it another way, if you see a long line of westexe.demon.co.uk | rats streaming off of a ship, the correct assumption | is *not* "gosh, I bet that's a real nice boat now | that those rats are gone".' -- Mike Sphar