Right,

did the following 2 things:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/empeg_state bs=128 count=1
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda3 bs=1k count=16

still no joy, however if I now try & install consumerv1.03 or 2.00b3 I get
Error "Flash program failed" occurred during stage 0x11
Can't now get into linux

I guess I'm going to have to work out who to send it back to....
cheers,
Craig

Oh joy, they are no longer doing phone support - email only. Not a good sign....
Can please someone update the FAQ to remove the mention of the phone numbers.