Re: Newbie...BIG TIME

From: Wayne Stallwood (firstname.lastname_at_IGNOREdigimatic.plus.com)
Date: 10/01/03 

Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 21:43:15 +0000

Mark Spadavecchia wrote:

> I recently purchaced 8.2 SuSe. In the install I get a rror and the 2
> keyobard lights start blinking. I went ahead and replaced the motherboard
> think that it didn.t like the SIS chipset. I still am getting the same
> problem. I get one that says segmentation error, and or linus has crashed
> at a cerain address etc. I am runnning the following hardware and any help
> would be greatly appreciated:

Most strange install errors like this I have had are usually down to one of
the following.

Bad ram (yes I know it probably worked ok on Win98 but run Memtest from the
installation media just to check)

Dirty or Damaged CD Rom/DVD
Faulty CD Rom/DVD Drive causing read errors

How far into the installation do you get before this happens ?

Regards
Wayne

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