tajordan wrote: > First, I'll apologize for probably not having every bit of relevant > information. I'm at work and my (attempted) linux box is at home. I've > got: Asus P4T mobo, Intel 1.7G P4, 1GB RDRAM, Seagate 120GB Baracuda > (brand new), nVidia graphics card, Sony CD-R, aUSB card, and a > firewire card. > > The install appears to go smoothly until I am installing the packages. > I get the error "Install exited abnormally", everything unmounts, and > I am told to reboot. I have tried 5 different distros and the same > thing happens. Ouch. *Five* different distributions? And the CDs all check out? That sounds *very* much like a hardware problem. And I strongly suspect the memory. There's a copy of memtest86 on the Fedora CD: boot from it and type memtest86 at the very first prompt. Leave that running overnight. James. -- James Wilkinson | I must refute the rumour that one of our team members Exeter Devon UK | walks on water. Although it's true that Barry Cryer E-mail address: james | runs on lager... @westexe.demon.co.uk | -- "I'm Sorry, I Haven't A Clue", BBC Radio 4
