I am having trouble installing linux mandrake 9.1 currently i have 1 80 gb HD and 1 20 gb hard drive. windoze is on the 80 and i want to put linux on the 20. DrakX auto partitioned my hard drives and i selected everything proper. and when it came time for copying files this is where my problem kicks in. it copies several things over properly, several packages. and then it gets to copying the kernel 2.4.21 over...and it freezes, it freezes halfway through the copying process and it doesnt move. I have let it sit even 15 minutes and it just will not budge....I've read all I can i've asked a friend who has linux experience and i just cant figure this out myself so im hoping i can turn to all of you and get some success.

First thing to check is the md5sums of the CDs you downloaded (Unless you bought 'em) I've found that 90% of the problems you describe have to do with that.

You can check at linuxiso.org down on the left side (verifying ISO images) for instructions on how to do this if you don't already know how.