<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by kenny5445:<BR><B>Red hat really didnt like my amilo wouldnt let me get into the install problem but mandake 8.x worked fine
</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>The solution for RH8 (and some other distros) is to start Linux from the installation CD with the "nomce" (no machine-check-exception) boot option. Once Linux is installed, you can rebuild the kernel specifically for the Athlon processor, and the kernel panic encountered while scanning the PCMCIA ports will go away (even with MCE enabled).<P>