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md5 checksum is correct, slow burn verified.

 

When the live cd gets to the point of the x server it stalls with two lines at the top of the screen each starting with the word audit. I have tried ctrl-alt-f1, becoming root and startx but I get error messages saying it can't find the xorg.config file among other things.

 

Eventually I tried the disc on my wife's computer and it worked flawlessly.

Her machine is 32 bit with a Viewsonic FP and mine is AMD 64 with Dell FP.

 

What else should I try?

 

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Thankyou. I successfully loaded in text mode.

 

Then I installed with the bootloader going to sda6 the root partition. Copied the boot info to the menu.1st of my booting distro as I always do but on selecting Mandriva I get an Error 2: File system or Folder error I think it is called.

 

Here is my menu.ist info:

 

title Mandriva 2009 32 bit (sda6)

kernel (hd0,5)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=Mandriva_2009_32_bit_(sda6) root=UUID=0839d419-034e-4975-8fcd-11a87537e14c resume=UUID=a0277cd5-8eb1-41c7-b3b2-9802da939097

initrd (hd0,5)/boot/initrd.img

 

Edit: I found in searching some problem with older GRUBs so I tried to update grub in my boot sector but it seemed the latest available.

Then with reluctance allowed Mandriva to overwrite the MBR and this got me past ERROR 2 but still didn't load the xserver...fiddled about with ctrl-alt-f1 but couldn't startx. Checked xorg.config which seemed OK.

 

Gave up, reinstalled my original MBR and reinstalled Mandriva for the fourth time but back to ERROR 2 having now spent three days on this and no desktop.

 

I have Mandriva Powerpack on it's way by mail but I suspect the same thing is going to happen.

 

So if there are any suggestions out there...please help.

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