ML 8.2 Nightmare!
 

My system hangs with no HDD activity just after the installation screen shows "calibrating delay loop..."

I have tried every command line switch (linux ide=no dma) etc,

My system is (although stripped down to just VGA, HDD and CDROM.

Abit KT7A Raid (Raid disabled)
Athlon 1333
Ati Radeon
IBM 60GXP 61.2GB
Yamaha 2100 CDRW
256Mb Ram

I have also experimented with various jumper settings on the HDD and Still no luck.

I'm a total newbie to LM so please Help!!

IBM are dodgy, so are Athlons with AGP+DRI, did you try to append mem=nopentium ?

Yeah, I also tried the "mem=nopentium" still no luck.
Are there any bios settings I should change?

btw, this is my third replacement drive sent to me by IBM, the second drive failing after a wopping 30mins!!!