For history on this see other posts under my username.
I'm not trying to start a flame war
I'll take any advice on this that anyone will give
I'm going to download MDK 10 ISOs tonite and will do a complete overwrite. Then (I will build my own custom kernel later this week)
I've started to research building my own kernel, but since I am very new to this I will read anything that some one wants to post.
SEND ALL YOUR LINKS
Thanks
Dan

Good to see your not letting it beat you.

I would suggest re-doing from the ground up (which sounds like what your up to here). Format over previous install to be sure to get rid of any old configs.

Check the md5sum of your download and double check your bios settings before you even begin to install.

Here's a great sight to explain the installation:
http://www.mandrake.tips.4.free.fr/install.html

good luck,

I bet it works out better this time around.