hi
iam new in linux
i have my 3CD of mandrake 9.2 and i install the system in my machine

as this:

my machine have 2HHD the master is 20G and slave is 40

the master 20G have 1 primary 1.5G with windows 98 system (fat32) and 2 partitions as windows2000(7G) and the second is window XP(6G)
the rest of disk space i keep it unformated as i will use it for linux
i make 528 megabite as swap and the rest as a root(/)~4G
i run the install program .... and when i reach the bootlaoder selection
i choose the LILO and choose to save it at hda (the linux installed in hda8)
ok after that the install of system go in progress till finish then i reboot
then the bootloader appear with the options (include windows- which boot normally ni select)

all is perfect untill now

but the problem is that: when i choose Linux Option the system restart the machine

this also happen when i use boot from linux floppy boot disk ... as this: after loading the files from the floppy till the READY word appear the the machine is reboot after this

my computer have
VIA CYRIX III processor
VIA samuel 2
my display card is build-inn and it is 8 megabite

i hope to help me and thank you

today i install fresh linux mandrake 9.2 in the same partition and i choose the GRUB bootloader and the boot device: hda

and the same problem is present