[PLUG] trouble with mandriva

[Aditya Godbole]

On 8/13/08, Jayant Kairi <jayantkairi at gmail.com> wrote:
> dear sir,
>
>  after having known that mandriva is one of the best linux for
>  beginners, i downloaded mandriva 2008 and tried to load it on my HCL
>  laptop. but the installation freezes just after the welcome screen. i
>  have checked the cd on another desktop, it works fine there.

Could you give us the hardware specs of your machine including
processor, graphics card, ram, disc and monitor?
That might throw some light on the situation.

-aditya