Sup
Ok, here is the problem.
I bought Linux Manrake v.8.1 Power Pack Edition
I booted it up, and got to the partitioning part of the installation. As Manrake users would know, there are several options that you can install with. There is Custom Patitioning, Format and load w/ Linux on it, add to existing Linux Partition, re-size from windows partition, and several others that are irelevent. Since my parents like windows (WIMPS), I had no choice but to do the Re-size from existing partition. Promlem #1: Option isn't there! There is no option for me to do this, but it IS in the manuel. So I talk to tech support, and they say to get some software and use that to create a partition...So I do. So I get Partition Magic, and create a Linux partition. So I go back the to the installer, and it recognizes it. I get the OS installed without a hitch. Then I gotta restart. Problem #2: Windows doesnt show up on the boot screen. There are only 3 options. 1. Boot Linux. 2. Boot Linux into Safe Mode. 3. Rescue (Or something similar, bad memory). So I figure, I'll get into Linux and find out how to get into Windows later. So I click Boot Linux. Takes quite a while to load, but no longer than Windows, so I'm starting to feel pretty good about this. Problem #3 I get to the text based OS! There is nothing in the book about this, and it keeps constantly refreshing. I can log in, but I can't get into the GUI. So I gave up. I uninstalled it. Problem #4 STILL HAD THE BOOT SCREEN. So from there what I did is popped in my W98SE CD, and re-installed Windows without formatting. My computer is running fine now (at least all that can be expected from Windows), but I want to know what went wrong. All help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance guys!

Justin

Gateway Essencial 550
Pentium III 550 mHz
320 Meg SDRAM
14.3 Gig HD
nVidia TNT2 32 Meg Video Card

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Gateway Essencial 550
Pentium III 550mHz
320 Meg of 133mHz SDRAM
14.3 Gig Hard drive
32 Meg nVidia TNT2 Video Card
Sound Blaster Sound Card