On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 00:38:14 +0000, Jeroen Geilman
<nospam@notadaptr.nl> wrote:

>jasper <jim101@starstream.net> randomly warbled in alt.os.linux.gentoo:
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>> I have been running Mandrake linux for a few years. I decided to try
>> Gentoo 1.4. I d/l'ed the two cd iso's and burned them to cd's. I boot,
>> enter "smp" at the boot prompt and hit enter.
>
>You *do* have more than one processor, I assume?
>
>> The next screen to come up asks for a runlevel to enter.
>
>It shouldn't.
>
>Not helpful, I know - have you checked the md5 sum of the ISO image?
>
>> I have tried 1 thru 5. Each time, I
>> get the message that nothing remains at this run level.
>
>Seriously b0rked boot, then... Are you sure the image was not corrupted
>somehow ?
>
>> Now what do I do?
>
>Check the md5 sum of the bootable cd, and download it again (with a good
>download utility) when it's incorrect...

Yes, I have a dual processor system.

I checked the md5sum of the iso's after d/l'ing them. They were
correct. However, I had burnt the cd's at a fast pace (40x). Now, I
reburnt the first cd at a slower rate, and it is working fine.