[newbie] Boot Partition too big...

[Dave]

Heya guys,

(before I start, I did check the archives and I did see a couple messages
about this , but they all related to FAT32 systems...)
I just installed Win2k on a new 13 gig HD which I fdisk'ed into a 11 gig and
a 2 gig partition.  I want to try Mandrake out, but whenever I try to
install Mandrake, I get an error during disk druid which reads "Boot
Partition too big."  This occurs even when I make a 1 meg linux partition
and mount it at /.

Any ideas?  Do I *really* have to format, switch to LBA, and reinstall?!

thanks
Dave