[newbie] Install Guide

[Ben Freeman]

While attempting to install Mandrake 7.0 (in Recommended mode) and at the Setup filesystems section, the instructions tell me that normally I won't have anything to do.  I only had a Windows partition.  I did have to do something.  Auto Allocate seemed the most logical option to select.  The other option that I wanted was to gracefully back out of the whole install program and come back another day when I felt more comfortable about not having anything to do in Recommended mode.  Nothing short of powering off the computer, would allow me to back out of the install program.  That worked, so I returned to the installation and chose Auto-Allocate.  I think I was questioned about the swap space and then there were other questions and suddenly there was more to do than simply click on Auto-Allocate and I wished I wasn't there anymore.  How to get out of this nightmare????  ctl-alt-delete...escape....q....ctl C....finally, turned it off and I was out!!!! Turned it back on and learned that I had erased the entire disk surface.  About three hours to reinstall Windows 98.  Now, I am so install "shy", that I can't bear to make a choice of doing something when I get to Setup filesystems, when I am told that normally I won't have anything to do.  Please supplement the useless instructions about not having anything to do, and advise the next thing to do when in Recommended mode and am installing not upgrading.  Also, is there a graceful exit from the install program????  Thanks