Linux stops working

[Joseph Loo]

Karl Larsen wrote:
>    I'm back on my old computer because of problems with the new one. 
> They were these:
>
> 1. I had the same 500kb RAM and hard drive from this computer in the 
> new one.
>
> 2. After a couple of problems grub started working just exactly as 
> before.
>
> 3. But this F7 would start to load and then go into a kernel panic.
>
> 4. I tried FC6 and it was better. It loaded clear up but then I had no 
> "head" on my mouse. I could not see how to do anything.
>
> 5. I made a new F7 and it boots up but just like FC6 the mouse was 
> invisable :-)
>
>    I am just wiped out today. No ideas here except I may have had the 
> mouse and keyboard plugged in wrong. They are both PS2 connectors.
>
>    Any help will be much appreciated!
>
Have you checked your memory? You can do a memory check with the 
installation disk.