[newbie] Why does setup say my partitions are "too big"?

[Steve Leseman]

What are all the linux partitions I should setup for Mandrake (& min/max size)? Also, 
everytime I 
setup the partitions, it'll say that one or more of them are "too big", even if it's 
only set to be 1MB! I 
can't figure that out. The way I got past it the last time was to add additional 
partitions beyond what 
I planned to use, and then only these additional, unallocated partitions would be "too 
big"!    
Thanks in advance