I went to reboot and it brought me to the to the Choose which
OS screen cause I'm using a Dual Boot of Windows ME. I select Linux and
it starts to load. It gets to a certain point and it hangs up

Hi,

Just want to mention this in case you weren't aware:

The default kernel for Mandrake 8.1 is really flakey it had a tendency to freeze
problems existed with supermount (it was disabled) also the kernel it has
denial of service vunerabuilities you should get the latest one off rpmfind
which solves the zlib problem and more recent security issues.

Visit www.mandrake.com look in the security bulletins to find out what's the
latest Kernel version is if you don't how to update a kernel don't worry
the bulletin will explain how to proceed. Once you download the kernel off
rpmfind do rpm -- checksig 2.4 xxx in whatever directory you saved it in
before installing as per instructions to make sure the Kernel is
safe to use.

Good Luck!

Sharky