Boot issue...

I am having constant problems trying to get suse11.0 to load. One in 4 boot ups to the CD succeeds. When it does succeed and i get the live install to start. When the installation is near the end it halts. When i go to the main console, i cant type in anything. I accidentally got it to a dump mode and it was repeating "LBA read error over and over with some other info after it. I have tried 3 times on 3 different drives varying in size and interface method.

The machine is an older Athlon with the first of the SATA controllers on it.
Athlon 3400+ with 1gb DDR400.

Amy help regarding this issue would be much appreciated.

Kyle

PS. I can get windows to install without any problems so all of my hardware is functioning properly. I have checked the disk and the drives with no issue.

The symptoms you describe are common to faulty media, which happens surpringly often (there are a lot of posts similar to yours here). Did you do the md5sum check on the iso file before burning? Did you do the “mediacheck” from the CD menu?