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

[Jason Cormie]

On Sunday 17 Nov 2002 6:36 pm, you coughed up:
> 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
> > 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?

This may be of help,
http://www.mandrakeuser.org/mub/viewtopic.php?topic=7204&forum=3

otherwise download the boot floppies for Debian to install of the net.
http://www.debian.org/distrib/netinst

-- 
Jason Cormie