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| Thread ID: 42587 | 2004-02-15 21:20:00 | Installing Linux | jcr1 (893) | Press F1 |
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| 215849 | 2004-02-16 06:26:00 | Did you burn the ISO as an Image? Put the disk in and view the contents, you should see a variety of files/folders, if you just see the one file it means that you haven't burnt it as an image. If you used Nero Burning Rom to burn the ISO, select "other CD format" and then "Create a CD from an image file". Then browse to where the .iso is and select it. This will now burn as an image. If you used other software to burn the disk, just have a look under help for image files. |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 215850 | 2004-02-16 06:29:00 | Now did you create a CD with the ISO image or just copy the whole file to cd? Also you'll need to ensure the bios is set to boot from CD. |
mark.p (383) | ||
| 215851 | 2004-02-16 09:37:00 | Darn!! I think I stuffed up the download, cause I've done all those other things that you've all said, and no joy (thanks guys). I've restarted the download but checking my data usage with Ihug and I'm going over my limit which makes it potentially very expensive so I'll have to wait till March to complete it. In the meantime I could use one of my other linux distros; Libranet, Redhat 8 or Mandrake. Think I might opt for Libranet as I've always had a bit of time for Debian type distros and maybe look at upgrading to Kernel 2.6 (now that would be a challenge). Whoops, better not get too far ahead of myself. |
jcr1 (893) | ||
| 215852 | 2004-02-16 19:39:00 | No hurry. It's a learning experience and its best to take your time. There's a link to the "Simply Linux" book on the FAQ Linux thread you my fine useful. Its in text format so opens in any wordprocessor. | mark.p (383) | ||
| 215853 | 2004-02-16 20:26:00 | Personally, I wouldnt go as far back as Redhat 8, especially not seeing as you're so close to using Ark Linux. The two simply dont compare! As for the 2.6 kernel... Stick with 2.4.x for a little bit, and then you could move on to one of the .ark.rpm 2.6 kernels, or you could simply compile your own. Its highly underrated and now with the 2.6 kernel simplifying the whole process, its dead easy! ....But that would be getting ahead of yourself ;-) Chill. |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 215854 | 2004-02-16 20:47:00 | > Darn!! I think I stuffed up the download Before you write off the download, did you check the md5sum for it? This will show whether the iso was corrupted during download. The site where you downloaded Ark from would of had a md5 file that you use to compare with your generated md5sum. If you don't have a md5sum program for Windows, you can download one from here: MD5summer (http://www.md5summer.org/) - it was written by a Kiwi :) |
Jen C (20) | ||
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