2011/3/11 Mark <mhullrich at gmail.com>: > I'm trying to reinstall CentOS on a machine I've reconditioned for it, is it really working? check for broken memory chips and so.. > but for reasons I can't fathom, when the installation disk comes up > and prompts for the install type, and I type either <enter> (graphics > isntall) or "linux text"<enter>, after it loads the initrd image, the > machine shuts off. > > It's an older machine I built myself (and ran CentOS on for a number > of years), AMD Athlon 64 x2, 2GB of memory, 2 SATA hard drives, ECS > GE6100PM-M2 motherboard. > What error messages it displays? -- Eero