i want to install mandrake 10 but im having problems. im new to linux so i could do with some help.

ive downloaded the 10 tree of an ftp and its on a folder on a fat32 partition on my harddrive. i have 5 partitions altogether on a Serial ATA hardrive, the first 3 are ntfs, then i have a fat32 with just the linux tree copied on, then i have a blank partiton where i was hoping to put linux

i tried making a Harddrive boot floopy to install but it keeps giving me errors, it says i need to create a menu.lst file and put it on the disk but windows wont read the disk once the image is on.

any help will be much apreciated

I'm also having trouble doing a harddrive install. So far, I think you have to create ISO files and place them in a root folder.

yeah im tring that not but ive hit another brick wall (not my day today). which script do i run to make the iso, i beleive its the mkcd in the misc folder but it doesnt work

Check this out:

http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?threadid=97189

But, still having problems with the menu.lst file...

right ive got the install on but it keeps freezing at random points, ive never reach the actual installing of anything yet. anybody encoutered that and solved it?

I was having problems installing 10 on an nforce2 board with sata (siI3112) it worke ok on a ide hd, but the boot did not work properly...windows was on the list but would not boot.
With the sata hd the installation keept freezing anywhere from partitioning to login setup.

ive got the same setup stc

does this mean that theres no hope then?

I got it to the install stage but it couldn't find any of the packages to install... I really don't know what to do now.

grekster, i am hoping that the official release will work ok. Right now i installed it on a normal ide drive. i am thinking that maybe in order to have dual boot, linux has to write a file to the windows drive, which (since it's ntfs) it might not. I should mention that since i installed 10ce i can't boot into windows but i haven't had time to try anything.

what i did before trying the ide drive was to try the install, and as soon as it froze i booted again from the cd and chose expert install and then recovery(i think that's what it was). I think this would have worked except:
1. the install now skiped over the password settup so i didn't know what to use to log in to linux
2. I still could not boot to windows

what i had to do was use the win xp cd and use fixmbr.