[KLUG Members] Install issues.

[Adam Williams]

> Here's my new box:
> ASUS P2B-D w/dual 400's
> Adaptec aic7xxx SCSI host controller
> Plextor 12/20 SCSI CDROM
> Compaq 10k RPM Ultra160 drive (Device 0)
> Matrox Millennium Video Card
> 256 MB RAM
> Connor 8 GB Tape drive (travan)
> Optional: Ultra2 Barracuda
>Here's my problem: I can't get any distro of linux to go on it.  I did at
>one point, but I can't anymore.  I've only tried redhat and slackware (7.2
>and 8.0, respectively) yet and I'm wondering why. Slackware complains
>about Trying to kill the idle process, RH just pukes. 

Can you switch VCs after RH "pukes", and see any informative messages.  
Try doing a "text" install of RH to make sure it ain't some video adapter 
problem.

Try running memtest86 on the box for awhile and see if that pukes.

I've used similair hardware to this (includeing the AIC7xxx) without 
incident.