Paul F. Johnson wrote: > Hi, > >> Compaq Armada 7800, PII 400Mhz, 256M Ram >> >> The system boots to the CDROM ok, but when I try to install, it >> delivers many messages that fly off the screen to fast to read. It >> stops on > > Try installing using the text mode installer and run the check integrity > thing on the install CDs. Also, some people have suggested trying to boot with "linux nodma". There are a number of alternative installation methods which are offered if you boot with "linux askmethod", the simplest probably being to transfer the iso files to the hard disk (eg to a VFAT partition under Windows) and install from that. Nb I am not an expert! -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
