Can't install RH Enterprise 3 desktop; white screen lockup

[jlopes151 at comcast.net]

I spent three weeks several days of those three weeks were spent overnight (24 hr) attempting to install RH and another Linux brand. I found the requirements defined on the RH package to be bogus. I was told by RH support that RH has an agressive install and that my PC may not be good enough. It was a PIII, 500mhx with 700+k of ram and 80gig drive. What happend with me the install would fail on random packages. I tried every thing and could not get a clean install. I finally bought a new P4 3.0ghz with 1meg ram and 80gig drive the install took less than 10min to do a full install.
Its running no problems with the new machine.
james


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> Well, this is about the fifth different time I've 
> tried to install Linux, and none ever went worth a 
> damn, including this one. Here's the story; I'm 
> trying to evaluate the Red Hat Enterprise 3 desktop 
> for home evaluation. I downloaded all 4 CD ISOs from 
> www.redhat.com, burnt them successfully, and checked 
> them with the data-checking CD program at the 
> beginning of my Red Hat install, and all checked out 
> OK. So, as I perform the install (by simply hitting 
> "Enter" at the beginning of said install), I get the 
> following on my desktop: 
> 
> Running Anaconda...please wait 
> 
> It finds the Video Card Radeon 9600 
> the Monitor Syncmaster 
> & Mouse Generic Mouse 
> 
> ---then the screen eventually changes to white in 
> color with a mouse arrow in the center, but after 
> awhile, the CD attempts access of the floppy drive, 
> which obviously has no disc, but the floppy drive 
> light stays on, which locks up the install. My rig is 
> as follows: 
> 
> ECS K7S5A mobo 
> 512 MB ram 
> AMD 1800+ processor 
> 
> For you Linux folks, I must say that until a Linux 
> install gets to be as "painless" as a Micro$oft OS 
> install, converts will be few and far between. I've 
> yet to have a successful install. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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