Just decided to give Linux a try, coming from Windows/DOS. I burned a Linux Live CD 2.6 ISO and tried to boot two of my computers using that. On the laptop it hangs after displaying a window that says setting up computer (or something like that, didnt pay attention to keep notice)

On my main computer it hangs at the window that says setting up Interprocess Communication.

My main computer has a 2.4c P4 , 512mb of OCZ Ram, 80G of Harddrive, ATI AIW 7500 64mb. Any help will be highly appreciated. I can't wait to give Linux a try.