Hi all, This is my first attempt at installing Linux and I'm having a few problems. I hope someone will be able to help. I have a new computer: Pentium 4, 2 hard drives, CD-RW and DVD drives, North Bridge P4M266A and South Bridge VT8235 chip sets. The computer was assembled by a local shop. I'm trying to install FC3 from the DVD that came with the Linux Bible. It supposedly is a complete install. I've gotten various error, but one that is frequent is: at the prompt I type Fedora and the screen goes blank then says "crc error --System halt" Trying Debian from the Linux Bible leads sometimes to the same error and some times to a screen full of text ending with: Kernel panic: Attempted to kill the idle task! In Idle Task - not syncing Occasionally, trying to install Debian, it will ask for a language, check hardware and then fail trying to load files from the CD. The computer has never had Windows on it. I'm in a third world country and downloading files over the phone lines is not possible. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Don Jungk
