Re: New-comer with a problem

[Jason]

Hmmm, it is a toss up between myself and Chad as to who is the bigger 
Mandrake Opologist on this list but I will step up here. I run almost 
the same spec system as you and I have never had the problems you 
describe. The first, most obvious question is to ensure the md5sum on 
your CD's is correct. If not, all sorts of problems will ensue...from 
there, it can be 100 different things but honestly, Mandrake should be 
pretty painless. We will need more system info to help though.

Contact me offlist and I can give you a hand if needed. I am in 
Christchurch (Harewood).

Cheers

Jason

Rowan Trau'e wrote:
Hello everybody
     As a new-comer to the list I feel very embarrassed about asking for 
help but here goes.
I have been trying to install Mandrake 9.1 onto my old HP system and it 
loads ok but it will not boot up in the new system as it should - I was 
running Windows 98 and reformatted the system to accept Mandrake. The 
system in question is a 300mhz AMD K6-2 proc and 256M of ram but all I 
ever get after 5, yes 5, loading sessions is what appears to be a pale 
blue desktop screen and nothing else. I am very keen to use this OS but 
it is driving me crazy after all this.
     If I can get it to work I am considering installing it on my new 
system.

     Any advice that list members could give me about what I am doing 
wrong would be much appreciated. It is probably a very simple thing so HELP.

Rowan Trau'e