Mandrake 10.1 Hangs during installation...

[krevo]

What gives? Does SATA need to be changed to IDE in the BIOS since I'm not really running an array? Just wondering because it's really irritating that Fedora Core 3, and Ubuntu as well as Slack and RH do not do this.

 

[n0cmonkey]

If you're not using SATA, turn it off. If Fedora, Ubuntu, and Slack don't screw up because of it, use them.

 

[gruven]

The one time I installed Mandrake, I did have to have my SATA arranged differently in the bios. I haven't had to do that with any other distribution though. YMMV

IMO, I would go with Ubuntu before Mandrake. RPM distro's are not the best.