[plug] Mandrake 7.2 install hassles

[Dennis Plester]

I had a go at installing Mandrake 7.2 last night, opting to go for a fresh
install, after the upgrade option was very, very, very slow.

When the install got to the "install boot loader" stage, it came up with an
error message which I can't remember now (something like invalid value
error) and then it skipped on to the next part of the install routine. It
would not let me go back to boot loader section for love or money. Why this
happened, I don't know, but I suspect that the Linux hard disk partitions
are full.

So as far as I know, I now have a Mandrake 7.2 system ready to fire, but no
grub or LILO set up. Is there an easy way to get the install bootloader
section to do its thing by itself without going through the install again?
My system has Win98 in the primary partition, which also wouldn't boot after
the Mandrake install. I got that back via a system disk. Is there an easy
way to get to the new Mandrake install, and confirm that it actually works?
I know I could probably set up a LILO config from scratch, but that would be
pushing my limited Linux skills.

Thanks in advance,


Dennis.