I've been trying to load Core2 on a brand new Asus M/B with the Intel 865PE Chipset. I find I have almost the same problem. When I boot from the CD, and hit Enter to start the graphical load, it goes into a loop and starts to load the process with the first two lines of information and then it goes into a re-boot process and if I type in the required linux whatever it is for the command line installation, it does the same loop.
I heard that the drivers for the chipset is not on the Core2 CD, any truth to that or any information on where to get something to make this installation work?