javajoe

I have finally decided to experiment with linux. I now have an intel processor with hyper threading and windows 2000 doesn't support it. I don't like microsatan windows xp so now seems like a good time to do this. I downloaded the suse live cd 9.1.01 and attempted to use it. I got a series of errors when it was booting from the disk and am wondering if I have some hardware compatibility issues. I have: epox 4PDA2+ motherboard p4 3.0E ghz processor (800 fsb) (1mb L2 cache) HT western digital SATA 120 gb hard drive (7200rpm) 2 sticks crucial 184 pin 512mb DDR pc-3200 ram asus V9980 ultra/TVD/256 video card (nvidia GeForce FX5950 ultra) lite-on dvdrw SOHW-812S and lite-on SOHC-5232K cd/dvd drives the sound and ethernet are on board. When i booted from the suse disk i got the following: cloop:no version for "struct_module" found:kernal tainted. Fatal: Error inserting aic7xxx (/lib/modules/2.6.4-52-default/kernal/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx.ko): no such device modprobe: Fatal: error running install command for block_major_3 also for block_major_22, 33, 34, 56, and 57 init:cannot find the CD I was booted from - doh! Kernal panic: attempted to kill init! If the suse is not compatible with what I have can you tell me what is. I am looking for something that is going to feel as much like what i'm used to as possible. I also want to be able to test it without wiping out my ability to currently use windows on this machine.

I re-burned the suse disk at 4x the slowest I could go and had the exact same result. I am using cdr as opposed to cdrw and booted from the same drive that I burned on. I also tried the Kanotix you recommended and had the following occur: Assertion failed! dev->class==ATA_DEV_ATA,drivers/scsi/libata-core.c,ata_dev_parse_strings,line=807 Can't find Kanotix filesystem, sorry. Dropping you to a (very limited) shell. Press reset button to quit Additional builtin commands available cat mount umount insmod rmmod lsmod kanotix: Does this mean that I can't ditch microsatan until linux catches up with some hardware issues or is there something else I can go with. Again it is important that the linux release that I go with must feel and function as close to what I am used to as possible. Thanx