basically i reboot with either the cd or a boot floppy and all i get after seeing the lilo txt is the xandros screen with 4 vertical rows of the no 40
and a code 4370 -and lockup-alos the is a .1 near the top of the screen
i never get the kernel initializing txt
there should be about 3 - 5 secs between the 2
now ive been playing with it all week trying to get it to install my removing one item of hardware at a time finally getting to a point tonight of taking everything out of the box bar the graphics card
-3 hard drives disconnected as well
and still the same prob
i cant test by taking out some of the ram as i dont have any blanks to repleace the sticks i have out at the moment
and there is no onboard graphics
i have tested the cd and the foppy in another machine and they are fine

ive never had a prob installing another distro

does any one have an idea if these are lilo error codes and what the repesent if they are or if they are xandros error codes and the same -what do they mean

i got the cds on a uk linux mag so i cant really contact there tect support




system specs as below


CPU : Pentium 4 2000 MHz
Bus Speed : 100 MHz
Motherboard : Intel D850MV
System :
BIOS : Intel MV85010A.86A.0038.P15.0207241616
Memory : 640 MB Rambus 800 mhz
Sound : SB Audigy Audio [DF80]
Video : NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600
ethernet :U.S. Robotics 10/100 PCI NIC TX

Description : Primary IDE Channel
Attached Devices
Description : Master: IC35L080AVVA07-0 80 gig
Type : Disk Drive
DMA : On
Description : Slave: Maxtor 6Y160P0 160 gig
Type : Disk Drive
DMA : On

Description : Secondary IDE Channel
Attached Devices
Description : Master: IC35L080AVVA07-0 80 gig
Type : Disk Drive
DMA : On
Description : Slave: SONY DVD RW DW-U10A
Type : CD-Rom Drive
DMA : On
Autorun : On

the 2 x 80 gig drives are ntsc with windows xp on the first
the 160 gig has suse 9 and an ntsc partition and free space for this install

i have a shot of the screen if its any help