Quote Originally Posted by toeknee
The DVD-ROM I boot from blinks for a while and then just goes solid amber and makes a weird noise.
Hmmm...Is it a Pioneer DVD-ROM? I know I had boot problems with my DVD-115 until I updated the on-board firmware -- still can't get it to boot my SuSE install DVD-ROM, but it boots Knoppix -- and everything else -- OK.

As prevously stated, more feedback would help...