> > Are you sure you have enough RAM? (eg. 14meg for i386). Your problem > sounds like there was some problem extracting the installation root > filesystem to the memory. I got plenty RAM that can't be the problem. However - I did have the same problem once when I tried Knoppix. Why - no idea.Installed Mandrake today and checked with the gentoo live Cd.Boots w/o any trouble at all. Prost, Klaus