> Could you please provide a description of the components in the system > you are trying to boot it in? > Do you have at least 256-512 MB of RAM? Hi, The CD/DVD image was downloaded from mirrors.gigenet: http://mirrors.gigenet.com/centos/5/isos/i386/CentOS-5.2-i386-LiveCD.iso The system is an Asus m2n-e mainboard, amd x2 6400, 8 gig of ram. It's got and LSI 8704 ELP raid card, a couple of realtek gig nics and SATA dvd drive.