Problem Installing Mandrake Linux 2005 LE
Hi everyone I want to be a part of the Linux community but first I need to get it installed. I am currently running Windows XP SP2 and would like to install Linux as a secondary OS. I am trying to setup a dual boot with Windows XP as my main and Mandrake Linux 2005 LE as a secondary. I currently have Windows installed on a NTFS partition. I used Partition Magic to make a new partition without deleting my current. I created the new partition as a Linux ext 2 primary partition. I placed the Mandrake CD1 into my CD-ROM and rebooted. When it booted from the disk I got the main screen asking me to press F1 for help or enter to install. I pressed enter and it finished the loading bar. After that I just got a blank screen. My monitor just went black and stayed that way indefintely. I had to hit the reset button on my comp to get out of it. I have tried reading posts on installing Linux but none of them I found addressed this issue specifically. I thought it could be my video drivers, but without Linux being installed first I did not see the purpose in downloading a video driver for Linux.
I am curious if I need to install LILO or GRUB before trying to install Linux from the CD, but I read it does that automatically later in the installation. But I can't even get that far in the installation. Perhaps it is because I am running a 64 bit processor I'm not sure. Any help would be much appreciated.
My system has the following specs:
AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3000+
ATI RADEON 9800 Pro
2.00 GHz, 1.00 GB of DDR Ram
120 GB Hard Drive ST3120026A
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