Doug Laidlaw wrote:
> CHristopher Baird wrote:
>> i have made myself a bootable floppy what do i type to point it to the
>> directory where i ihave it?
>> "Clive Dove" <chd...@rogers.com> wrote in message
>> news:aCgEb.96127$%TO.6069@twister01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com...
>>> CHristopher Baird wrote:
>>> > i dont want to make 3 CDs it says i can do it from my hardive like i
>>> > did i just dont know how
>>> > "Doug Laidlaw" <laidl...@myaccess.com.au> wrote in message
>>> > news:fnc8b1-a33.ln1@dougshost.mydomain.org.au...
>>> >> CHristopher Baird wrote:
>>> >> > i just downloaded all 3 isos to mandrake and unisoed them to one
>>> >> > directory
>>> >> > on my Hardrive i have made a install boot floppy disk just like
>>> >> > the install
>>> >> > Guide says when i restart my Machine with disk in and start to
>>> > install
>>> >> > how do i Point it to the directory on my hardrive
>>> >> You don't "uniso" an iso file. They are images you write to a CD.
>>> >> Get
>>> > Nero
>>> >> or a similar CD-writer and use it to make a CD with each iso image.
>>> >> (Make sure that you use the right menu option - on occasion I have
>>> >> just copied
>>> >> the file to a CD. That is NOT correct.) You will then have 3 CDs.
>>> >> Put
>>> > CD
>>> >> 1 in your CD-ROM drive and use the boot floppy you made. Then follow
>>> >> the
>>> >> on-screen prompts. If you can configure your computer's BIOS to boot
>>> >> from the CD, you won't need the floppy.
>>> >> Doug.
>>> >> --
>>> >> The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head
>>> >> and hands.
>>> >> - Robert M. Persig
>>> Don't use downloaded iso images.
>>> On the Mandrake 9.2 download page there are two lists of mirrors, the
>>> first list contains mirrors of the iso sets and the second one contains
>>> lists of mirrors of the whole tree.
>>> Download the whole tree from the second list using a mirroring tool or
>>> using this:
>>> wget -rm
>>> Then from the images directory of that tree, make an install boot floppy
>>> using hd.img instead of cdrom.img.
> What did you download? If you downloaded the 3 "cdrom.img" files I am
> afraid that you will have to start again, and get the ones Clive
> mentioned. They are COMPLETELY different.
> Where did you put them? On your Windows drive? You will need to leave
> them there forever, because everything on them isn't installed to begin
> with,
> and you will have to go back to them from time to time. If you use
> CD-ROMs, you won't tie up this disk space. And properly cared for,
> CD-ROMs last longer than a HD.
> What image did you put on the boot floopy? Was it cdrom.img or hd.img? It
> needs to be hd.img.
> If it was hd.img, what message do you get when you boot from it? Mandrake
> tries to make it easy to install from within Windows, but I have never
> done
> it that way. If you are working from within Windows, i would assume that
> you will be prompted for a path in normal Windows format, e.g. C:\ or
> C:\Mandrake, or wherever you put them, but I dont'know. If it says
> /dev/hd? type /dev/hda/ . Note that the slashes under Linux face the other
> way.
> Without more information, I am afraid that we can't really give you
> specific
> directions. It seems to me that you are not really experienced enough to
> install from your HD.
> There is a newsgroup specifically devoted to Mandrake at
> alt.os.linux.mandrake.
> You can save yourself all this hassle by ordering a set of CD-ROMS from
> various sources for about $30. Because there are no licence fees for
> Linux, the CDs just cost you the suppliers' work in burning them. Search
> for them on the Web.
> Doug.
As I mentioned, we need more information to be able to answer your question.
. If you
first time. I couldn't find the URL in a hurry last night.
Doug.
--
If life had a second edition, how I would correct the proofs.
--John Clare, poet.
