Help with Mandrake 7.1 installation

[Silencer]

Hi!

Ok, I tried installing a copy of Mandrake 7.1 Deluxe on to a computer that was alreadr running WinME. Everything loaded alright but when it got the part with XWindows and choosing a Monitor/Graphics Card The screen got garbled.

Anyways I couldn't see or do anything so I had to reboot. When I restarted and booted to linux I got the command prompt and tried "startx" but to no avail. I also tried Xf86config and another command but neither worked.

To make a long story short I cannot get into the GUI of Linux and reformatted and plan to try again. I was wondering what was causing that problem and if there were a way to overcome it.

Specs:
PIII 733
64 MB RAM
i815 Board
LeadTek WinFAST GeForce 2 GTS 32 MB Graphics Card
SB Live! Value
Western Digital 20.5 GB Hard Disk
NEC 10X DVD ROM
Plextor PlexWriter 12/10/32 IDE
D-Link 10/100 Fast Ethernet controller.

Please help!


Thanks!

 

[Damaged]

The problem is the drivers for the GeForce 2 card. Didn't you check the hardware compatibility list?

Try Nvidia's site for the drivers you need.

 

[Silencer]

Ok, now I have the drivers from Nvidia...

Now what? I'm a complete linux newbie, so what do I do?

All I've got is my WinME partiton and Mandrake 7.1 Deluxe in a box.


Help!

 

[zzzz]

you migt want to try the new mandrake beta..

 

[reneth]

The following links might be helpful.

http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/distros/mandrake/mdk_nvidia.html

http://www.evil3d.net/articles/linux_nv4/linux_nv43.shtml

http://www.linuxnewbie.org/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/Ultimate.cgi?action=intro (search for GeForce 2)

 

[reneth]

Installing NVIDIA Drivers for Mandrake

NVIDIA & MANDRAKE 7.1 HOW TO

linuxnewbie.org Discussion (search for GeForce 2)