hi gianni a very good resource for this is URL or URL they have walk through guides for an umber of latops highlighting what to look out for have a look there and let us know if you succeed cheers phil trickett on wed NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER at NUMBER NUMBER gianni ponzi wrote hi all i have a prob when trying to install linux tried redhat suse on my laptop i can start the install but after about NUMBERmin the whole pc just dies i know it s not a linux prob and here is what i have encountered i had the same problem when installing win on it and eventually sorted it out by disabling the infrared port i m guessing this might be same prob although i m not sure i am very new to linux so it s not that easy for me to work it out i did manage to follow the setup procedure at one stage using images on disks and it cuts out either as it s trying to verify what cd rom i have or just after hence my suspicion of the infrared port again can anyone help thanks gianni this e mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed if you have received this e mail in error please notify the epa postmaster postmaster URL the opinions contained within are personal to the sender and do not necessarily reflect the policy of the environmental protection agency this footnote also confirms that this e mail message has been swept by mimesweeper for the presence of computer viruses philip trickett phil techworks ie techworks marine ltd irish linux users group ilug URL URL for un subscription information list maintainer listmaster URL 