Hi . It boot partly from the CD then get to a point saying at4 no responding and goes down the list to at1 than sits there doing nothing . I cant do a screen capture to show what is going on my problem now is i have blown my suse install away to install this and it aint working once i get it booted so many X and KDE problems Screen handling keyboard ect ect ect if i get something set up it then goes and forgets it next reboot think it may well be another blow it away and try again sent using disgusting hated web mail so excuse the crappy to posting Pete .. --- On Thu, 12/1/12, Heiko Baums <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Heiko Baums <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: install problem To: arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Thursday, 12 January, 2012, 6:36 Am Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:54:19 +0000 schrieb Peter Nikolic <p.nikolic1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Well havin had a big sucsess on the laptop so i thoight i would at > last try this box but alsa the install cd boots but is unable to > find my sata disk now i know the disk is ok else i would not be > typing this from suse . hardware info : AMD Quad Phenome cpu > Nvidia GT220 1 Gb Mother board MSI ATI chipset SB700 /SB800 sata > chip 4Gb ram Hdd 500Gb What happens exactly when you boot the install CD? Do you get the ramfs prompt e.g.? Or does it boot completely but is just not able to find the harddisk? Heiko