On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 19:13 +0100, Carsten Gaebler wrote: > Rick Stevens wrote: > > Sounds like a GUI issue. Try installing in text mode. It would also > > be of help if you'd describe your system (motherboard make, hard drives, > > memory, CPU, etc.) > > I don't think it's a GUI issue because this is still before the kernel > starts. Doesn't matter whether I boot 'linux' or 'linux text'. > > But you're right, I should have included my system config: > > Motherboard: MSI K7N420 Pro > CPU: Athlon XP > Memory: 256 MB > 3ware Escalade 7000-2 RAID controller > 2x IBM Deskstar 120GXP 40GB hard drives > Adaptec AIC-7850 SCSI controller > AVM FritzCard PCI 2.0 > Matrox Millennium G550 graphics card > Creative Labs CT4810 sound card > > cg. > Try appending some random text to the kernel command line at the boot prompt. You may see a warning later, ignore it. This has hit the list many times, take a look at the archives for more details. Bob...