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From: Mike the Brewer on 10 Jan 2008 08:43
A couple of weeks ago I posted enquiring about the best platform and how
to get into Linux.....thanks all for the good advice and encouragement.
I downloaded several distros........to date I have managed to get Ubuntu
installed
from a demo/install cd version through XP, I am most impressed.
However, I would really like to try Mandriva but cannot get the cd to boot,
no matter
what I try so far. Even though the blurb says it will boot the pc. ( yes I
set the bios to boot from cdrom)
I unpacked the iso with Winrar and burned to cd, there are some folder
contents which are still
packaged, do I need to burn the cd after unpacking just the iso as
downloaded, or do I need to
unpack each sub folder and assemble all the contents to the cd as individual
files.......forgetting the folders.
In most cases I could not make a boot floppy as most of the files ( such as
vmlinuz ) are too big for that.
I am not sure which files I need anyway, and would like to either install
from cd or from the hard drive.
A little help with this would be very much appreciated.
Meanwhile I have signed up to my local LUG, so hopefully will get into some
meetings and discussions.

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From: alexd on 10 Jan 2008 08:47
On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:43:33 +0000, Mike the Brewer wrote:

> I would really like to try Mandriva but cannot get the cd to boot, no
> matter what I try so far.

What error messages do you get, if any? You could temporarily disable all
boot devices bar the CD to see the messages. Have you tried another burn
in case it was a dud? Have you tried another PC?

> A little help with this would be very much appreciated. Meanwhile I have
> signed up to my local LUG, so hopefully will get into some meetings and
> discussions.

Were there any options related to making it bootable. FWIW on every
Windows machine I use, I install Alex Feinman's ISO burner shell
extension. I have successfully burnt many linux CDs and DVDs with that.

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From: Pedro Inácio on 10 Jan 2008 09:06
Mike the Brewer wrote:

> A couple of weeks ago I posted enquiring about the best platform and how
> to get into Linux.....thanks all for the good advice and encouragement.
> I downloaded several distros........to date I have managed to get Ubuntu
> installed
> from a demo/install cd version through XP, I am most impressed.
> However, I would really like to try Mandriva but cannot get the cd to
> boot, no matter
> what I try so far. Even though the blurb says it will boot the pc. ( yes I
> set the bios to boot from cdrom)
> I unpacked the iso with Winrar and burned to cd, there are some folder
> contents which are still
> packaged, do I need to burn the cd after unpacking just the iso as
> downloaded, or do I need to
> unpack each sub folder and assemble all the contents to the cd as
> individual files.......forgetting the folders.


Hi Mike.
You should just burn the iso as downloaded. No unpacking.
In most cd burning software you will have a option named "burn image" wich,
after you choose it, makes you select a file. You select your .iso file and
burn the cd.

Pedro

From: spike1 on 14 Jan 2008 19:00
Mike the Brewer <mike.tech(a)sysmotor.org> did eloquently scribble:
> A couple of weeks ago I posted enquiring about the best platform and how
> to get into Linux.....thanks all for the good advice and encouragement.
> I downloaded several distros........to date I have managed to get Ubuntu
> installed
> from a demo/install cd version through XP, I am most impressed.
> However, I would really like to try Mandriva but cannot get the cd to boot,
> no matter
> what I try so far. Even though the blurb says it will boot the pc. ( yes I
> set the bios to boot from cdrom)
> I unpacked the iso with Winrar and burned to cd, there are some folder
> contents which are still

You don't unpack anything.
You burn the CD image AS IS. .iso files are cd images to be burned directly.
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