cant run linux when dual booted with win xp

[1vish1]

hi.... i want to install win xp and linux on my system, but its not wokrking... heres wat ive done so far....

i had xp pre-installed on my pc.... partioned my hard drive with partion magic... and then installed linux mandrake 8.1 on the new smaller partion. the installation completed successfully (well i got that message n e way), but i couldnt boot linux! i kept getting an error message. a friend told me that it could b the loader (LILO), and that i should re-install and use another loader (i think grep was the one.... not sure of the name)... i did that and the same thing happens!.... i have no idea wat the problem is! the spec of my pc is....

athlon xp 1700+
MSI kt266a mobo
geforce 2 ti graphics
soundblaster live sound card
512mb ram
60gb seagate hard drive

is there n e thing in that spec that could b causing the problem? Please help!!!!!!!

thanx

 

[minendo]

What kind of error message are you getting?

 

[1vish1]

ok...

the error message....
there are alot of lines which are displayed, but the last few (which i think are the only relevant ones) are the following:

EIP: 0068:[<00008382>]
...
...
Stack: {some hex value}
Call trace: {some value}
Code: Bad EIP value.
<0>Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!

and it just stops there! i cannot enter n e commands.. it just crashes!... i have to press restart button and restart. oh and one thing..... the above error message is only displayed when i select the following options:
* linux-nonfb
*failsafe

when i select the "linux" option i do not get n e thing at all... just a blank screen!

thanx

 

[mattbta]

Check this link for possible solution.

 

[mattbta]

Did that help???