 hi i think you need to give us a little more detailed information on wed NUMBER dec NUMBER gianni ponzi wrote i have a prob when trying to install linux tried redhat suse on my laptop you get _exactly_ the same problem with suse and redhat is that right what versions of these have you used i can start the install but after about NUMBERmin the whole pc just dies as in freezes reboots do you get any errors 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 did you disable it in the bios or in windows 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 NUMBER what laptop is it what is the processor and how much ram does it have NUMBER you cannot simply boot off the cdrom it must be quite an old laptop then or else cdrom booting is disabled in the bios is the cdrom external or strange in some way gavin irish linux users group ilug URL URL for un subscription information list maintainer listmaster URL 