OK, I installed Debian 31r0a -i386 on my computer but couldn't log in properly, so I tried reinstalling it on top of the old version, but funnily enough that messed things up a little, so that GRUB couldn't load properly and all was bad. Luckily this forum exists, so I looked how to "ungoof" my MBR, and all is well again.

So the main question is, what did I do wrong?

I am going to try and reinstall now, hopefully by the time I get back to this page I will know!

Also, should I choose the newest version of the kernel I can? Last time I choose the oldest version for some reason.

Thanks for your help,

Hopefully I will be typing my reply to this in Debian...

Rich