eur0kidu Posted May 29, 2005 Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 (edited) I run Mandrake 10.1 installation everything goes fine, and at the Package Group Selection i chose: Workstation (I checked every single box) Server (I checked every single box) Graphical Environment (I checked every single box) After all i could log on to Mandrake and properly use it, but i noticed it was the most minimal installation with the least of applications available. So i decided to reinstall the Mandrake 10.1 from scratch, and choose at the Package Group Selection the following: Workstation (I checked every single box) Server (I checked every single box) Graphical Environment (I checked every single box) AND Individual Package Selection box I chose every single package, so that the total size was 5gigs out of 5gigs. When i'm about to boot at the BootLoader menu where the Verbose Mode is it will fully load but it will stop and freeze afterwards. It remains at that blue screen forever... ANY HELP???Please?!!??!!? Some references to SCREENS: Edited May 29, 2005 by eur0kidu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted May 29, 2005 Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 Excuse me, but this ain't the screenshot of "Mandrake Boot loading", but rather the installer BEFORE you have installed anything yet. If this is the last screen you get, one (or more) of the installation media is borked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eur0kidu Posted May 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 What i meant is that i couldn't find a screenshot with the bootloading...so i typed in words it out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted May 29, 2005 Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 If it stucks there then get sure that a. your MBR is not locked by the BIOS (usually appearing at the BIOS menus as some virus protection), and b. Grub is not already installed at the MBR- LILO cannot overwrite grub (the opposite is perfectly feasible). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eur0kidu Posted May 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 Like i said it gets stuck, and there seems like no options to me...if you could guide me to do something i'll appreciate so... I have installed this for at least 4 times...and same problem..it's either a package that is causing the bootloading problem or whatever you say.. What is any option???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted May 29, 2005 Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 Can you check your installation media against the MD5 hashes (available at the Mandrake mirrors), to see if they are intact? I had absolutely no trouble installing a bootloader with Mandy 10.1 at MANY systems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eur0kidu Posted May 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 I don't have the iso's on my hard drive but i downloaded a decent winMD5 checksum and i don't know which file to locate from the CD (Mandrake Linux 10.1 CD1 or 2 or 3) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eur0kidu Posted May 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 Scarecrow, you seem to be an advanced Linux user, while i a newbie...could you please add my e-mail romanian_sport_playa03@hotmail.com , i'm on the MSN instantatly, most of the time..i would love to cooperate trhough instatn messaging , becase i have loads of questions to ask you ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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