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cannot speak towards the first problem, but my mandrake version was finiky with
the MBR too.  (I now use Red Hat only because there are several O'Reilly books
on running red hat).  To get around the problem with the hard drive in mandrake
use a win98 boot disk with fdisk, and remove all partions (makes the disk
totally un formatted and leaves no trace of microsoft crap) the install should
take.  If you are doing dual boot, I cannot help, accept maybe use fdisk to
clear any partions in the area you will be putting linux, let linux 'fdisk' the
area.  Mandrake has issues with removing/reconfiguring active microsoft written
partions.  At least in the version I had (older than yours,  Linux 6.1 mandrake
6.5.

Minh Cam NGHE wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have installed Redhat 6.2 onto my Acer TravelMate 500T laptop. But
> haven't managed to get it working. My problem is this:
>
> 1.) the installattion completes with no hassles
> 2.) after it re-boots to start up linux for the first time, it hangs after
>     this line:  'apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flag 0x0f (Driver version1,9); give
> me a
>     general protection fault, and a stack dump is given as well as some
> other hex
>     codes
>
> I have tired many stuffs to overcome this:
>
> 1.) using seperate partitions for, eg, /, /boot, /usr, /usr/local etc.
> 2.) using a single partition- / for the installation
> 3.) using the GUI and text installation
> 4.) Tried installing Mandrake Linux 6.0 (but the installation had trouble
>      writing LILO to the MBR or the first sector of hda1.)
>
> But yet sttill no luck. Here are my specs for the laptop:
>
> ->  233 mmx
> -> 32mB Ram
> -> 3G HD
> -> 2mB NeoMagic graphic card
> -> Yamaha sound card
>
> Does anything have any suggestions, solutions or work arounds because I've
> stucked! Have yet to try and install early version of redhat. Please direct
> your assistances to my email address: minh@zeta.org.au or post a reply to
> me.
>
> Many thanxs for your help.
>
> Regards, Minh =)