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Christopher Ryan wrote:

> Ok here's the update:
> I have now sucessfully installed mandrake 7.1, However when I start the
> comp I still get this stage1 geom error thing????  Anyone know what to
> do from here?
> I think parft of the problem is something to do with dos ramdrives I
> accidently installed.
> Anyone know how to get rid of them?
> Thanks a lot in advance.
> Chris.
>
> <I worte>:
> >
> > I tried to install Mandrake 7.1 last week sometime and it didn't work -
> > but I can't blame Mandrake for me not knowing what kinda graphics card I
> > have!!!
> > I had to pick quit at the last stage of the installation :-(.  Can
> > anyone help?  Currently when I try to start the computer I get "Stage1
> > Geom Error".
> > I was advised to run fdisk from the win98 boot floopy - I tried this but
> > I don't know dos very well and so that came to nothing :-(  Can anyone
> > tell me what to do now??? Please!!!!
> > Is there a way to wipe the hd altogether from dos?
> > then try installing Linux again?
> > The comp is a Cyrix 100MHz, with 32MB Ram and an 800mb hd.
> > thanks a lot,
> > Chris

Try booting into Mandrake using a boot floppy go to DrakConf and alter Boot
preference to make the win98 95 etc partition the default boot system, then
when you reboot you will not have the Stage 1 Geom Error message but instead
you should see the Lilo prompt then you can select either Linux Windows
Rescue etc at your leisure! At least thats how I did it.and it worked for me.