Linux ( All flavours ) installation problem

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Hello everybody,

I have a serious problem. I recently upgraded my system to p4 on intel 845 with 256MB RAM (266MHz)......

Now no version of Linux is running on my PC. Earlier ( when my pc was P3 based), all versions were running smoothly.

I just installed SUSE 9.1. But at the loading time, the following error is displayed...

INIT: ...... Spawning too fast. Suspended for 5 minutes.
and after 5 minutes same error is displayed.

Please asist/help.

Try To Install Mandrake linux

Is there any Live CD of mandrake?? Then I don't have to install it on my hard disk.

Hey! I found the problem.

Linux runs ok when i use my onboard agp.
But it fails when i use my geforce 4 440mx se graphics card.

What can i do? pls help. i want to run linux using my geforce 4.

well i also got this problem of init "X" respawning too fast in knoppix and its the same stopped for 5 minutes :d

When I typed kdm no response except flickering screens, then i found the path of xserver and typed something like starting with /etc/.../ something.... instead of startx, then i also tried startx, nothing responded.

Solution is required here also

Yeah...there is a live CD version of Mandrake. You can find it either at www.mandriva.com or www.distrowatch.com. It's called Move and you can get it here : *www.mandriva.com/products/move

Regarding the Knoppix thingy - i really cant help much but here's some info that helped me. Use the following cheat code at boot and it shoudl help

-maxhsync = 60 ...i think that was really all it needed. Also try to boot using the standard VGA mode, -i think thats -knoppixVGA

aaah what the hell...the complete list of cheat codes are at the knoppix website or on the installation CD.

This problem is common in intel 845G chipsets using external AGP cards. Will the future versions of linux solve the problem?