5.3-BETA7 ISO wont load after install (stuck after bootloader)

[Mike Jakubik]

Scott Long said:

> Mike Jakubik wrote:

>> The checksum is OK. I have burned another CD at a slower speed and using
>> different software, the problem persists.
>>
> I wonder if there is data corruption coming from the pst driver.  Can
> you try booting 'safe mode' when you install?  Also, how much RAM do you
> have?

I have booted the install in safe mode, and completed another install.
Same problem. The machine has 1GB of RAM. I will try downloading a 4.10 CD
and installing that. Another thing i noticed which may or may not be
related is this error message (the machine is a single cpu athlon):

mptable_probe: MP Config Table has bad signature: <ASCII smiley face>

Thanks.