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thewoosterisroot
OK, I hope this wasn't posted elsewhere.
So I have minimal experience in Linux, mostly I know windows, so I decided to try out a few differrent "versions" of Linux. I tried Suse 10.1, had some issues and decided I did not like it. Some how I managed to mess my boot directory up, so I repaired my xp boot directory (after removing suse). So, after all that (Now only xp is on my drive, working fine) this is where I am:
I try to boot to a Fedora Core 6 disk (cd-rom), and after the initial screen I get the following message:
"Decompressing Linux
ran out of input data
--system halted"
If it helps, I also tried to run Mepis 3.3 live and got the following:
"can't startup file system
Halting...."
So that where I'm at. Also: memory is fine as I tested it with memtest, don't know if that matters but someone mentioned memory in anohter forum I googled.
System stats:
Pentium D 805 2.66ghz (stock speed)
MSI intel 945gm2 mobo
2x512 Corsair pc 5300 (667), dual-channel
Seagate 300gig hd
Plextor px-755SA dvd drive
So I have minimal experience in Linux, mostly I know windows, so I decided to try out a few differrent "versions" of Linux. I tried Suse 10.1, had some issues and decided I did not like it. Some how I managed to mess my boot directory up, so I repaired my xp boot directory (after removing suse). So, after all that (Now only xp is on my drive, working fine) this is where I am:
I try to boot to a Fedora Core 6 disk (cd-rom), and after the initial screen I get the following message:
"Decompressing Linux
ran out of input data
--system halted"
If it helps, I also tried to run Mepis 3.3 live and got the following:
"can't startup file system
Halting...."
So that where I'm at. Also: memory is fine as I tested it with memtest, don't know if that matters but someone mentioned memory in anohter forum I googled.
System stats:
Pentium D 805 2.66ghz (stock speed)
MSI intel 945gm2 mobo
2x512 Corsair pc 5300 (667), dual-channel
Seagate 300gig hd
Plextor px-755SA dvd drive