Why does the startup freeze, and says error loading eth0?
 

i have mandrake linux 10.1
it starts up, with the little yellow bar (i think), and then it freezes.
if i hit esc for verbose mode, the loading is stuck at "loading interface eth0"...
pls help, im new to linux, but i wanna learn, beacuse windows is really getting on my nerves!
Thanks!

what that means is your distro is having trouble getting an ip address from your isp dhcp server. you might have to call your isp to see if you have a static ip

Are you connected wirelessly? I remember that I would have to modify my settings to not start eth0 on boot because I had a wireless connection.

I had that same kind of trouble when I tried Mandrake 10

It was a bit complicated as the box trying to connect was pulling double duty as a gateway for the LAN, etc.

PPP, DSL, Cable?

Static IP or dynamic (DHCP)

Got a router?

Also, check what you have set for the gateway address...and compare to what windows shows in winipcfg

Note: I finally gave up on all Redhat Distros when I tried a Knoppix Live disk and it had no such problems....

(Although I do have an old RH9 on here now for grins...)

It's hard tryig to figure this stuff out when you're not even familiar with the OS...at least that was my experience...