James Wilkinson wrote: > Boot into text mode (http://www.fedorafaq.org/basics/#textonly) and > check that boots correctly? Sorry: thingy -- erm -- brain going. Of course that won't work if you can't get as far as the install. Tim's suggestion of the text-mode install is good. I know you said that the hardware has behaved in the past, but it's rather worrying how far you can go with dodgy RAM. memtest86+ is your friend. Otherwise, have you checked the CDs were burnt correctly? James. -- E-mail address: james | Dalek invasion at work today. I plugged them into the @westexe.demon.co.uk | net: they behave better than some Windows boxes. They | make great spam filters: "Enlarge your..." "EX - TER - | MI - NATE!" All in a day's work for a sysadmin...