[newbie] Install problem

[Jim Lyons]

I've just managed to download linux-mandrake from the web and install it on
a linux partition on my 300 MHz AMD K6-2 machine.  The installation
appeared to go well but i couldn't make a boot floppy (mkdisk failed) and
when I press ENTER at the end of the installation the computer starts to
reboot and then hangs with the floppy drive running.  On the screen it says
"Stage 1".  I've tried installing the boot record on the HD and also on the
floppy but the result is the smae either way.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Jim Lyons