Hi. I'm running into a problem when installing Debian, and any help solving it is appreciated:
I have my Debian 3.1 network installation disc. When I put it in the computer and then press Enter to boot, the message:

"attempt to access beyond end of device
01:00:rw=0, want=1805081852, limit=10240"

flashes on the screen repeatedly for about a minute. It then says:

"EXT2-fs error (device ramdisk(1,0)): ext2_check_page: bad entry in directory #168: rec_len is smaller than minimal - offset=0, inode=1869545680, rec_len=6, name_len=6
Kernel panic: no init found. Try passing init= option to kernel."

What kind of hardware are you using? Sarge uses a 2.4.27 kernel by default. You can try typing linux26 at the boot prompt to get a 2.6.8 kernel. Or try using the Etch installer, with a 2.6.17 kernel. Etch will be the new stable version of Debian in a few months.

The error was not consistent; I found that after rebooting the computer, I was able to install Debian.
This may indicate a hardware problem; I'm not sure. In any case, it's installed and running now.