Hello,

I'm trying to install the x86_64 version 4.7 release of scientific linux 
on a Dell Precision 490 from the install CD's.  I used the same set of 
CD's to install to a dual opteron box a few days ago and it all went 
smoothly.  On the Dell however, the install hangs either while 
decompressing the kernel or right when it tries to run the decompressed 
kernel.  i.e. I see the boot loader stuff and the "......." when it says 
its loading vmlinuz but I never see even the first kernel message.

The machine is currently running a very old RHEL and I needed a more 
modern system.

This system has two dual core xeon 5130 processors and 4 GB of RAM.

Any suggestions on how to proceed?  I see that SL 4.8 has just been 
released but I guess I'd like to get 4.7 on the system to keep it the 
same as the other box here and keep it the same as what a number of 
other users I work with have.

I'm a long time unix-like OS user but have relatively little 
linux-specific background.

Thanks
-Dan