Topic: not a hack

[goldshirt*9]

how in hell do i get this linux to run.
pc spec

AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 250 Processor
x86 Family 16 Model 6 Stepping 2
3000 MHz
Motherboard Vendor:  BIOSTAR Group Motherboard Model:  GF8200C M2+
Videocard Name:  NVIDIA GeForce 8200
Installed Memory:  1,791.17 MB (about to add 2gb more)

http://pclinuxos.com/?page_id=180
i have burned to a maxwell cd at 8 / 10 speed about 10 times and it just wont run.
have used Imgburn / brasero .
will load at start up but will not run as a live cd.
and therefore not install

keep getting a error

no suitable media found for the lice cd content found
workaround :copy the content of the livecd from your boot device to ad ide/sa ts disk
dropping you to a limited shell

Loading/initrd/dib/ash

/initrd/bin/ash: can't access tty; job control turned off

i then type exit and all i get is a rolling screen of info that i then have to restart the pc / laptop to re-use.
have run on my desktop pc / work pc ( naughty me) and my laptop and all the same.
anyone any idea.

[dweez]

Goldshirt, look over the following link and see if it has any helpful info.

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,68122.0.html

[goldshirt*9]

dweez many thanks i'll have a go at that

[goldshirt*9]

bingo worked and managed to install

trouble is, i should have taken the problem more seriously when i had the initial trouble trying to use as a live cd.
post install all was ok until reboot and then it froze and i had a half screen black /half blue.
happened more times than not. only occasionally managed to kick into the o/s system. 
worked well when did , nice set up and played all of my ripsand music.
amarok music player was great.

I believe it was a onboard graphic problem as the system comes with lots of available drivers for ati / nvidia
cards and i have onboard nvidia graphics.

i have removed and may try when i have a card or just stick to another linux o/s.

have Mint /Ubuntu on my lappy and find them ok although i did like the KDE desktop