re-seating the ram is worth a shot but this problem shouldn't have anything to
do with the amount of ram in the system. I've got a machine with 256M that
installed 7.1 just fine. My other box has 384M and it also installed just
fine.
What kind of ram is it? pc-100? pc-133? How new/old is it? I've read that
Athlon systems can be picky about older/generic ram. I haven't had any
problems with my generic ram though.
Try reseating the ram, try cleaning the connecting pins, make sure the ram
modules are installed in order in the slots on the motherboard.
Good luck!
Abe
>===== Original Message From Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =====
>It sounds like you've got yourself a hardware problem. While I can't be
>100% certain what exactly it is. At first glance though I see you have a
>HUGE amount of RAM. Just a thought though. Try taking one of those 128MB
>chips out and then try the install again and see what happens. I'm not
>sure I can explain this craziness, I just have a feeling.
>
>--
>Mark
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>On Sun, 3 Sep 2000, Paul wrote:
>
>> hey all,
>> just burned the CDs... boot with the first one, welcomed by a 'welcome'
>> message, hit enter... it's scanning SCSI stuff, CD-ROM, then it's says it's
>> loading second stage RAMDISK, it reaches the end, and the error message
>> pops up: error loading RAMDISK... and I get a blinking cursor at the
>> bottom... :(
>> they say Windoze is frustrating... sigh
>>
>> my specs:
>> Athlon 750 (not Thunderbird)
>> Abit KA7
>> 256MB RAM
>> Win2k(24GB), Win98(2GB) Partitions, 4GB unPartitioned
>> PioneerDVD 10x, Creative CD-RW 4x2x24 (install/boot from this one...)
>> Elsa - GeForce2
>>
>>
>>
Jesus saves,
Allah forgives,
Chthulu thinks you'd make a nice sandwich.
