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

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The image that you want is called cdrom.img and is found in the /images 
folder. Create a boot disk with this this image and hopefully all will be 
well, as the boot image tells the boot loader where to find the installation 
media.

Regards

Steven

On Sunday 17 November 2002 9:27 pm, you wrote:

> 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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