[dundee] Fw: a linux installation question...

[Andrew Clayton]

On Sun, 2002-11-17 at 18:36, Duncan Gauld wrote:
> Any ideas.. ?
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Stephen Kelly" <stephenakelly@yahoo.co.uk>
> To: <dunkers@blueyonder.co.uk>
> Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 5:44 PM
> Subject: a linux installation question...
> 
> 
> > Hi Duncan,
> >  
> > I'm sorry to bother you, but I'm having trouble installing Linux and
> > would like a bit of advice.  I got your email address from linux.com
> > (the only group listed in Scotland).  If you don't have the time, or 
> >  
> > I've got a few friends who have started using Linux & decided to give it
> > a bash by downloading and installing mandrake.  Unfortunately, I've got
> > a dodgy CD-ROM drive and can't install it the normal way so had a

OK. Well if your cdrom drive is goosed, then your next best option
(infact my prefered option) is a network install. Of course if you don't
have access to another machine or a speedy/fat pipe to the internet,
then this is of no use to you.


> > look on the mandrake site and followed the instructions. I used a
> > program called rawrite with no joy at all.
> > 
> > Can you give me (or point me in the direction of) an idiot's guide on
> > what to do?  Where do I copy the iso
> > images to and is there a command I need to type in?

Without a working cdrom drive the iso images will be of little use to
you.


> > 
> > Thanks for anything you can do
> >  
> > 
> > Stephen



Andrew Clayton