Could be video, hard drive, cd, something on the motherboard. I would sugest
you just substitute another video card, if you have one and see if that gets
you anywhere. At least then you a will know where the problem is.
----- Original Message -----
From: Heather & Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2000 4:50 AM
Subject: [newbie] new install
> Macmilan Software,
>
> Hi I just purchased and registered Linux 7.1 Mandrake Complete today
> 8-26-2000. I am putting it on a custom built system. The problem I am
> having is that when it see the CD-ROM and starts copying files the menu
> never comes up as stated in the insulation and user guide on pg.49. The
> screen that comes up is blue but with no menus and a red line on the left
> side. It looks like the one on page 49 but with no options to select.
The
> hard drive is blank with no partition and is going to be the only
Operation
> System on the drive. At one time the drive had win95 on it but I used
fdisk
> to delete the partitions. Tried to use Partitions magic but looks like
its
> designed if using dual boot system with windows. I used a bootable
floppy
> for windows 95 and CD-ROM drivers to DIR the CD-ROM. I am thinking its my
> video card that is causing the problems. Please help!!
>
> Hardware:
>
> AMD K6 3D/300
> Mitsumi CD ROM FX162T !B
> ami bios 7/15/95
> sis 6326 agp video card on board
> creative labs sound blaster 16
> 32 megs sdram
> pc 100 590 mother board
> hardware modem TI chip set
> samsung 2.1GB hard drive
> DiGiview 15 " HR-55 monitor
>
> Thank you for your time,
>
> Brian Adams
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
