dual boot hell!

I live in dual boot hell? Sure I am a newbie but this has got to get better with time so I think!
I have xp pro running then I installed Mandriva 2006 in a clean partition.
Everything went well but when I rebooted I got nothing but zeros and one across my monitor screen.
I don't know what I did wrong? To get my computer running I had to use the xp recovery console and run "FXMBR" but I cannot
get to my Mandriva 2006 partition.
Can anyone on the list give some insights on what to do when you install a dual boot computer.
Thanks
Mike Enriquez newbie---------------------------------------------------
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