New HD install of PCLinuxOS from Linux Mint 10 KDE can't find kernel (SOLVED)

[lyssivarius]

Hi everyone!  Just downloaded the PCLinuxOS 2011.6 and tried to install from a liveCD.  After getting past the BIOS screen and a sentence about isolinux I get the following:

Initializing gfx code. . .
boot:

This will last for several seconds and, if I don't enter anything it will procede as follows:

gfxboot:

initializing gfx code. . .
boot:

forever and ever.  If I try and enter anything at the boot prompt it will come back with:

could not find kernel image: [whatever I enter]

I checked the md5sum on the download and it was correct.  I tried making a new CD at a slower speed (16x).  I downloaded the full monty DVD.  Nothing works.  Here is my hardware info:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 9602
00:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)
00:05.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1)
00:11.0 RAID bus controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [Non-RAID5 mode]
00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:12.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3a)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 IDE Controller
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:14.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI2 Controller
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Link Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 3200 Graphics
02:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): JMicron Technology Corp. IEEE 1394 Host Controller
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)

I hope I've included all the pertinent details.  If not, let me know and I'll post it.  I've searched on the forums for an answer and I was unable to find a thread that addressed this.  If anyone can help I'd sure appreciate it.  Thanks in advance!

[Old-Polack]

lyssivarius:

In BIOS set the RAID/SATA controller to AHCI.

Mine: (working)

[root@fatman ~]# lspci |grep -i sata
00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]

Yours: (not working)

00:11.0 RAID bus controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [Non-RAID5 mode]

[lyssivarius]

Thanks for the help old-polack.  I'm rebooting the liveCD right now.  I'll post in a bit with the results.

[lyssivarius]

That did it.  Thanks so much!!