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TheGreatPoo:
I just downloaded Mandrake Linux from one of their mirrors andtried to install it on my pooter.  I did as the documentation said and turned off the PNP OS feature in my BIOS.  I also made sure that my hardware was compatible and it is.

When I boot with the CD, all is well until about 30 seconds into the installation program (when it is initializing all of the hardware or something).  The program stops with an error telling me that it couldn't initialize the RAMDisk.  It says that that could be a hardware problem or a problem with the Linux Kernel.  I really hope that it is NOT the Linux Kernel because that probably means that I will have to re-download it (I did it at work and to download the whole 3 CD set it took almost 26 HOURS!).  This sucks.  Any ideas?  Thanx in advance!

Ice-9:
This could be a memory problem.
A ramdisk is a virtual disk created in your system memory, lots faster than a regular disk drive.
If a memory module fails or is defect this could result in your ramdisk failing to initialize, I saw that before.

TheGreatPoo:
Hmmm.  I only have one 128MB stick in my pooter so it should be good.  I downloaded the i586 version.  Is this right for an AMD Athalon 1GHz pooter?  Thanx for the reply!

Ice-9:
Should be fine, i586 means i586 and above.
I might be wrong but I think an AMD 1GHz is an i686.

Zombie9920:
Nope, the AMD Athlon is i786. The i586 version of your Linux should work fine on the Athlon.

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