Mandrake 10.0 Installation hang
 

Hello,

i am trying to install mandrake 10.0 on as a dual boot on a partition with windows Xp pro, the problem comes on installation just after the licence agreement, the installer trys to go the next screen and it hangs.

The hard disk is a ntfs partition for xp and a fat32 partiton for linux (on the same hard drive) formated inside windows.

the specs of the compter are
Amd64 3200+
1gb kingston pc3200 ram
Western digital 160gb SATA hard drive
Nivida fx5900 graphics card
lite-on DVD Rom
lite-on 16x DVD-RW
Standard floppy drive


Anybody know a reason why its hanging, could it be the partion or the fact that its a 32 bit os on a 64bit chip?

thanks
rhinoofstockton

oh the installation is the downloaded iso's burned to 3cds

Same problem here
 

I have virtually the same hardware you do. Mine hangs with a message about /dev/sda1, then firewire probing. The message really makes no sense. Your drive is the same as mine also.

I disabled all internal periphrals and still get the same problem.

Suse Linux works extremely well on the same box, as does Slackware.

Thanks 4 that will have 2 try one of those versions, but its quite a pain that i have a working distro and i cant use it :mad:

For the most part, Distro's are just combinations of virtually the same stuff. Once you know the command line programs, it doesn't matter as much which you use. Since I have been learning them, it is making life much easier!!

no wasnt on about that i can use the command line no problem just meant that its a pain trying to get hold of another distro