Everyone is probably tired of my email if not filtering it out, but here is another symptom I see when I try doing a text install - it seldom gets this far with a linux expert install. It looks like this: RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 Uncompressing..... <this is where it uaully locks up> Uncompressing.....<0>CPU 0: Machine Check Exception 0000004 Bank 0: f20000000080 Bank 3: b20000000a01 Kernal panic: CPU context corrupt What does CPU context corrupt mean? Does this have any bearing on my other symtoms? Does it mean the image is uncompressing ok, but something else is wrong? Once in a while it gets farther than this, but not often. I've now tried, among other things I can't remember now: -swapping out RAM -disabling everything that can be disabled in BIOS -enabling everything that can be enabled in BIOS -removing the nic card -using multiple drives, floppy and CD to boot from, -tryihg other install disks -intalling other distributions (did so successfully) -running the install program on andother PC (did so successfully) -praying -cursing -patting my head and rubbing my tummy while I hit the reboot button with my toe If it's my computer, why can I install windows and Redhat7? If it's the CDs (both sets) why do they work on my laptop? Can I get my money back when I buy free software? Thanks for any help, Eric
