I have had a similar problem on a system. The same Mandrake 7.1 works great on this system. On this system the installer was able to configure my monitor and ATI graphics card without a problem, but on the other it wants me to tell it what kind of card and monitor I have. When I choose the correct monitor and graphics card (both the generic S3 and the "Diamond" card) it too comes up with an error or a blank screen. I hit the control,alt,backspace to get back to choose another setting. After much trial and error I can get it to work, but like I said it was with some trial and error. I don't think it is your disk. The other thing is that you do not have to set it up as a "custom" install. It is just a little safer to take it one step at a time in the "custom" install if you are using the partitioning tools included in Mandrake because you also have another operating system to be careful not to delete. Now that you have installed Linux and have set some partitions, you may be OK with the regular installation.
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