[Wylug-help] Various distros

[richard bruce]

> Knoppix, SuSE LiveEval and MEPIS all started, but a few seconds in (I
> just quickly saw 'initrd' on one of them) then all the lights on the
> monitor started blinking, and that was that.

Do all these run from the CD drive?
>
> Lindows installed without a problem.  OK - I've looked at it.  It's not
> as bad as people say, but in simplifying it takes away choice.  I
> certainly wouldn't want to stay with it, but then I was only evaluating
> it for a complete beginner.  So, what next?

Is it possible to connect to the console and get the kernel output?

> Mandrake 10 is now 3/4 of the way to an install and going strong.
>
> What could have caused the problem with the first three distros, I
> wonder?  The only thing I could think of to try was acpi=off, which
> made no difference.  As an evaluation box it's not going to be much
> good if I can't install most distros.  Anyone got any ideas?

not really:}


ric