mandrake 10.1 install problem

uriah heep · 10-02-2004, 03:52 PM

I am trying to install mandrake community 10.1. Downloaded ISOs from net. burned to cd. rebooted with disk one in cd/dvd drive got intro screen and upon pressing install got black screen no response from keyboard or mouse and had to do a hard boot to get out.

System is standard as follows: asus k8v se dlx, athlon 64 3000+, 2 sticks 512 meg kingston ddr 400, wd 200 gig hd, g3 ti vid card, sb live sound card

Any suggestions?

stan

cincindie · 10-02-2004, 06:11 PM

What kind of HD do you have? If it is SATA, you probably won't be able to install linux on it.

uriah heep · 10-02-2004, 08:38 PM

No not sata just ordinary ata. I have not seen enough advantage in current iteration of sata to pay extra for them.