alright, i just installed Mandrake 10.0 on my computer. i also have windows xp on a seperate drive. i am having a hard time figuring out how to boot mandrake from the windows boot screen or windows from the mandrake boot screen.
i edited the boot.ini file in windows to look like this....
[boot loader]
timeout=-1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="XP Pro: yep" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="XP Pro: safe mode" /fastdetect /safeboot:network
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="XP Pro: bootlog & sos" /fastdetect /bootlog /sos
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\boot="Mandrake Linux"

but when i select "mandrake linux" from the boot screen i get an error.

ideally i would like to boot from the linux boot screen every time, but i can't get linux to recognize my hard drive with windows on it. the hard drive that has windows on it is a seagate SATA drive, which probably has something to do with it.

does anyone have any suggestions?

I suppose you missed the sticky thread at the top of this forum: http://www.techspot.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=214

It tells you how to dual boot Linux using Windows boot menu (and a lot more).