hi all.
I'm currently playing with my HTPC now that I've finally got it all installed.
I'm playing with software configurations and options, and I'm thinking of a linux build with a small XP partition for playing doom 3 and the like if another person pops around my house.
I've got 2 XP cd's one SP1 and one pre SP1
If I boot off either of them I get to the "inspecting your computers hardware" screen, then the screen goes black until I ctrl+alt+del or power off.
If I boot of a linux boot CD or of a linux install there is no problem, but everytime I use a windows boot cd it doesn't get past the hardware checking phase.
It could be a bad XP cd (but 2 that have worked in the past....I doubt it)
Has anyone seen this problem, could anyone share an XP ISO image with me for a test ?
thanks.


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