Hi there

I have tryed to install Mandrake 9.0, but after a succesful install, my pc freeze just before the bootscreen (if there is such a thing in linux) what is wrong???

Oh yeah, my specs;

Athlon Xp 1900+
Asus A7V333 Mobo
256 mb samsung pc2700 ram
512 mb MSM pc2700 ram
Sapphire Ati Radeon 9800pro 128mb
20 GB Maxtor fluid hd (boot)
80 GB Western Digital (Raid striping)
80 GB Seagate Barracuda (Raid striping)

Do you mean the Lilo listing of available OSs, or after some items scroll by with [ OK ] or [ FAILED ] next to them?

Did you download the cds? If so did you checksum before and after burning?

i mean before the os list....and yes, i did download the cd´s, but i cant remember how i burned them....

Before Lilo? Then it's not got anything to do with linux or a linux app. More likely to be a hardware failure.
What is on the screen when it fails?

On the screen.... uuhhh, i dont remember exactly, it is something about UPDATE, you know, the same thing when you install directx or another program in windows, then it says something like that... hope you understand...

But that's usually during an OS's bootup...
So let's see. You just installed Mdk9.0 (Only OS on pc?) and on reboot you get the normal BIOS stuff, then nothing about Lilo or Grub, then nothing about a linux kernel, or the [ OK ] messages, just something about update?

exactly... very strange....

Have you flashed your BIOS?

Do you remember picking an option in linux about Lilo, or any changes to the startup process?

i have flashed my bios, but i dont remember anything about lilo.... but i could easily have missed it

Ok I mean have you flashed your bios just between having your old OS on the box, and installing Mdk?
You need to try to post the exact error message you get when the screen is freezing.

Nah, i just tryed to install Win Xp, and the mandrake on another partion, even though i asked for a "lilo" that list of os, it never came, it just boots directly into Win Xp without any notice....

have you tried booting from a rescue disk? that would make sure the bootloader is correct. (I think you can use cd1 of the mandrake 9.0 distro as a rescue disc - boot from it and choose to have more options when presented with the loading screen. type "rescue" at the boot: prompt and see what happens.) This could be very useful in working out your problem.

from your last post, it sounds as though your computer is still using the XP bootloader, which would explain why it boots into XP without warning. This would definitely happen if you installed (or reinstalled) XP after mandrake - windows should always go on first as it has a nasty habit of overwriting the boot sector without telling you :s

MN

Where did XP come into this?

OK, start again. Which OSs do you want where? XP on primary drive, Mdk on secondary?
I have never researched what RAID is or how it works, so... what's that boot drive doing?