[newbie] Installation blues

2002-02-04 Thread Andrew Scotchmer
Hi all, Whilst helping a friend install mandrake 8.2 we ran into a problem I have never come up against, maybe some of you have. On booting from the CD Rom and pressing the enter key, instead of going into second stage install and loading the main installation dialogue screen the monitor goes blan

RE: [newbie] Installation blues :) Solved by 7.0

2000-01-21 Thread Mike Lee
Hello Folks. I want to thank everyone who has helped me with installing 6.5. Your suggestions were very helpful. When I was reading the messages yesterday, I saw that 7.0 was out. So I downloaded, burned, and installed it. I want to congratulate Mandrake on making an installation that people

[newbie] Installation blues :)

2000-01-20 Thread Mike Lee
Howdy folks, I have a distinct feeling that Linux, of any flavor, does not like me...:) I have Mandrake 6.5 that I am trying to install. I have tried to install it about six times so far, and each time I have run into the same error. So, I've finally decided to ask for help :) First, a littl