Mickael Maddison ha scritto: > I tried text mode too, same issue. The video is Radeon 9600. > I have a suspicion that the hard drive is having issues, but at this > point, we haven't even tried to access it yet... Have you tried disabling the ACPI ? at the boot prompt just type : linux acpi=off or try some of the switch you can find on sites like http://www.tuxmobile.org when they talk about models with your chipset/CPU. BTW I've successfully installed the latest CentOS on a 1st generation Centrino laptop with no issue at all ... cheers -- Nicola -=KOOLINUS=- Losito web: http://www.koolinus.net icq:62837984 / 110447626 jabber-ID:koolinus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx msn: koolinuz@xxxxxxxxxxx Y!: koolinus@xxxxxxxx