Re: Help with install

From: Kent West (westk_at_acu.edu)
Date: 12/31/04

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    Bruce Smith wrote:

    > I downloaded the ISO images and burned them to CD. But I cannot boot
    > from the CD, even though it is supported by my system BIOS. Also,
    > when I burned the images, they copied exactly as the downloaded
    > images, just an ISO image. Shouldn't there be individual files such
    > as the kernel on the CD. If not, how can I create a bootable floppy
    > disk so I can get Linux installed, and will that even work with the
    > ISO images on the CDs?
    >
    > Gotta get out away from Windoze,
    > Bruce Smith

    You burned the file to CD rather than burning the image represented by
    the file to the CD. Your burning software (if it's half-decent or
    better) will have an option to burn the .ISO as an image rather than as
    a data file. You'll have to find that option and re-burn the CD.

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    Kent
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