Well, It did finally come back and say "in second stage install". (BTW, I started the install with "text expert") On console 4 I have these messages: <4>VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd... <4>VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd... <4>VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd... <4>VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd... <4>VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd... <6>eth0: interrupt(s) dropped! <6>eth0: interrupt(s) dropped! They just keep repeating until finally I get a bunch of: <4>VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for runinstall2... <4>VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for runinstall2... <4>VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for runinstall2... And on console 1 the "install exited abnormally -- received signal 9" and you know the rest... Any suggestions? Here are some more details about this notebook that I meant to include with my first post. Its a P120 laptop with 32MB ram. It was one of the first PCI based laptops. It was made by Acer for TI and is similar to their own line of TravelMates. The NIC is a 3COM etherlink III (3c589c) pcmcia. -Thanks, -Steve
