Okay guys - I'm new both to the forum and to Linux! So treat me nice!!

Anyway I've been trying to install MandrakeLinux 10.1 from the mini .iso image downloaded from their website.

The installer showed up on boot and 'detected usb' and the went off to do something else and returned with 'could not uncompress 2nd stage RAM disk - either a Kernel Bug or a hardware problem'. Any ideas how to resolve.

The second question is, when you download from Mandrake you can do it by 3 .iso images. However, when they are downloading they appear as approx 711 MB in size - this is too big for a CD to they end up smaller when you burn them?

Regards,

For right now, try unplugging USB devices, if they aren't necessary, and try reinstalling Mandrake.

As for the .iso file saying it's 711 MB, it WILL fit on a standard 700MB CD as I have done it as have hundreds of other people.

I have the same problem but I don't get the found USB just the 'could not uncompress 2nd stage RAM disk - either a Kernel Bug or a hardware problem'. Any ideas?

might suck to download them all, but try downloading cd one of the 3 disc install and see if it works. you can then tell it you only have disc one and see what happens or download the remaining discs and then install.

worth a shot to see if it's just the mini iso.