An error occurred while installing CentOS5.3 on an existing XP system.

An error occurred while installing CentOS5.3 on an existing XP system. For details, refer to "general Linux technology"> "Linux technology and application. I have installed the XP system on my computer. I split it after the last partition of the hard disk.
50 GB of unused space,
Boot a Linux system CD from the CD
After the boot enters the optical drive, directly press enter to install the drive. During the hardware scan, the installation will not continue until the following prompt is displayed (the hard drive light and the optical drive light will not be on for a long time and will not respond)
Input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as/class/input 0
Invalid compressed format (err = 1)
VFS: Cannot open root device" "Or unknown-block (8, 3)
Please append acorrect "root =" option
Kernel panic-not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (8, 3)
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The hardware configuration is as follows:
Intel Core (TM) 2 Duo Processor
Motherboard ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5QL
Memory 2096164 KB
Hard drive Seagate ST3500418AS (500 GB) SATA hard drive
Display Card ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
Network Adapter Realtek RTL8168C (P)/8111C (P) PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC