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

[Stephen Kelly]

Thanks for replying Andrew.

The cd-rom drive works well enough to read cds (I can copy the ISOs
anywhere I want) - it's only during the mandrake installation that it
falls over.

There's an image called "hd.img" on the which I've created the
appropriate boot disk.  After the floppy loads, I'm left with a prompt -
I'm stuck at this bit...

Cheers,

Stephen

stephenakelly@yahoo.co.uk

 



-----Original Message-----
From: dundee-admin@mailman.lug.org.uk
[mailto:dundee-admin@mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Andrew Clayton
Sent: 17 November 2002 20:23
To: dundee@mailman.lug.org.uk
Subject: Re: [dundee] Fw: a linux installation question...


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



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