The install in both graphical mode and also text mode is failing (blank screen), even though there is DVD activity, but that shortly comes to a halt. I begin to wonder if the DVD image is faulty, or if the test version is not compatiblewith my R4000 series Presario. I will try a regular CD burn first. Fedora Core 3 install fails also (and the CD's are good). Laptop specs AMD Sempron 3200 80 gig HD 768 meg mem ATI Radeon XPress 200M (which I think may be the culprit if not the DVD image) linux text install fails also. Any ideas? -Jason