wakeboarderal05

My friend and I decided that it was a problem with the CD. I guess there was a scratch on it or something...so I downloaded the 9.2 ISO's and am in the process of burning those right now

OK, I have a ThinkPad R31 and have been experimenting with different distros lately. I began with Mandrake 9.1, and so far that has been the best one...I tried installing Debian last night, but there was a major graphics issue, so I just want to re-install Mandrake 9.1 off of the same CD's I have used many times (they have always worked). So I tried booting off the CD, and it would take me to the initial screen, where I would press Enter to enter the installation setup. Then it would try to load the program into memory. Try being the key word. It would take forever and not get very far. After a few minutes of trying, it would go to a blank screen and say something like "Fatal error occurred: could not locate /usr/bin/install2 or a file similar to that...I know it was in /usr and I know the file had "install2" in it. ANYONE KNOW WHAT'S UP? I just want linux back! I'm on Windows right now (dual-boot) and it's killing me!

OK, neither of them are up there...how do I start them?

I'm on a ThinkPad with a Pentium III 1.13GHz processor I know it's weird, but my friend has the same problem (same kind of laptop) using the same distribution, so I know it's not just a fluke

Does anyone have any idea what to do? Has anyone run across this problem before?

I'm using GNOME anyone know what to do?

I have tried several times to put the battery monitor on a panel, but when I do that, my mouse goes crazy. If I touch it at all, it goes to the top-right corner and is almost impossible to deal with. Does anyone know what to do about it? I also have a USB mouse, but that doesn't work either when the battery gauge is up. Both my track-point and my USB mouse work fine otherwise, so I don't think it's a problem with that.