Linked by Matt Lacey on Mon 3rd Nov 2003 02:56 UTC
Vector Linux is a distribution based on the oldest Linux distribution available today - Slackware. It comes in two flavours - a freely downloadable ISO 'lite' version (which I used for this review) and a Deluxe CD edition which can be ordered from www.vectorlinux.com. The deluxe edition includes extras such as Gnome and KDE, as well as a whole pile of extra software. 
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I downloaded the VL 4.0 ISO (yes, the MD5 checksum matched OK) and booted from the CD. After going through a few (colourful) text screens, I got to the bit where it goes to verify the distro and it printed "SEARCHING....". 30 seconds later, it gave up and claimed it couldn't find the distro !
I exited to the shell, typed "mount /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom" and
sure enough, the CD was there (complete with the .bz2 file it specifically said it couldn't find). Looks like it couldn't locate the CD device to me (it wasn't mounted when I escaped to the shell). Note that I have managed to successfully install Slackware 9.1, Red Hat 8.0 and 9 and Fedora Core Test 3 on the same machine, so I think they've got a problem with their installer...