I'm new to linux, so at the moment, I don't have a clue where to fix my probs....
Dual booting Mandrake 7.1 Deluxe (someone gave it me, I know, d/l for free and 8.x is out, but I'm on a dialup and a budget-go figure) and Win98se. Win98 is fine.
When Mandrake starts to boot, it checks several things and I get an [OK], but when it starts "Mounting local filesystem", I lock up.
Automatic install seemed to go fine, supposedly setup gnome and kde ok. It created two partitions "hdb5" and "hdb7" and both check out ok on a scan after I hit reset. Tried the failsafe boot, same prob.
Any helpful hints?
Here's the system:
Amd XP1600+ on Asus A7V333
256mb Crucial DDR2100
Gainward Geforce3 64mb
Maxtor 40GB ATA133 7200rpm
WD 20GB ATA66 7200rpm
Sony 8x4x32 cdrw
Pioneer 16x dvd
External Creative 56k modem
Dual booting Mandrake 7.1 Deluxe (someone gave it me, I know, d/l for free and 8.x is out, but I'm on a dialup and a budget-go figure) and Win98se. Win98 is fine.
When Mandrake starts to boot, it checks several things and I get an [OK], but when it starts "Mounting local filesystem", I lock up.
Automatic install seemed to go fine, supposedly setup gnome and kde ok. It created two partitions "hdb5" and "hdb7" and both check out ok on a scan after I hit reset. Tried the failsafe boot, same prob.
Any helpful hints?
Here's the system:
Amd XP1600+ on Asus A7V333
256mb Crucial DDR2100
Gainward Geforce3 64mb
Maxtor 40GB ATA133 7200rpm
WD 20GB ATA66 7200rpm
Sony 8x4x32 cdrw
Pioneer 16x dvd
External Creative 56k modem