Newbie trying to install Linux...

[Stannite 0]

I am new to Linux, I am trying to install Suse 9.1 on a PIII 667Mhz. I get the install menu when booting from cd but when i click the install button it loads the kernel and reboots. I have removed all extra hardware from the computer but it still reboots. Did a memory test, all was fine. Checked the Bios settings, but couldn't find anything wrong. Disabled as many pheripherals as possible, still no luck. After that i tried other distro's: Slackware and Debian. Both came up with the same problem.

 

My configuration is:

 

Intel PIII 667Mhz socket 370

Motherboard: MSI6153 with VIA chipset

128Mb pc133 memory

Abit siluro GF2 MX

HDD 2Gb

52xCd-rom

 

can anyone help me please?

 

thanks in advance

[danleff 0]

Rebooting problems are frustrating, finding the cause is sometimes difficult.

 

Your system specs. are the minimal that Suse would need.

 

1. the first issue is the medium that you are using to boot. I assume the suse cd disks are commercial? If not, if you burned your own boot disk, say to do a net install, what speed did you burn the disk at?

 

If a commercial set, try booting from cd #2 and see if the install starts ok.

 

Use the keyboard to pick the installation button/menu, not the mouse.

 

2. Hardware. Well, it seems that the memory is OK, but you may have a funky cdrom drive. If you burned your own disks, what medium are you using, cdrw or cdr media? You also tried removing some hardware from the system. That is a good start. What power rating is your power supply?

 

Have you tried any other OS on the system, such as Windows?

[Stannite 0]

I am using the cd-rom drive to boot. I am using original cd's. When I hold shift while booting and typing in the option "linux" I also get the error and reboot. Before I tried linux, Windows 98 SE was installed on the computer and worked fine.

[danleff 0]

Try booting from cd #2 and see if the install starts ok. Try to read the error message, if you can, such as "cd media read error"?