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10-Apr-2005, 02:32 PM #1
Mandrake Linux Installation?
I downloaded the mandrake linux iso. It is in an rar file. DO i unconpress the files before i burn them on a cd or do i jus burn them the way they are?
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10-Apr-2005, 03:27 PM #2
Yes! Uncompress the RAR file first, then it should be the ISO. Then you burn the image to a CD-R. That doesn't mean that you just copy the ISO to the CD-R, it has to be burned as an image or it won't work.
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10-Apr-2005, 03:58 PM #3
when i uncompress there are a thousand files. Burn all of them as an image?
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10-Apr-2005, 04:25 PM #4
ok i found the solution. Im not supposed to decompress them. Windows is reading it as an rar file but it's not. That is why when i try to right click it tells me to add to archive instead of "decompress to" (i hope someone knows what i mean)
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10-Apr-2005, 05:02 PM #5
If the file extension is ISO then you're OK to go...
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10-Apr-2005, 07:45 PM #6
ok im having another problem. after i installed Mandrake it told me to remove the media and reboot. I took out the cd and pressed enter and it rebooted. Now when it goes to a screen allowing me to choose
linux,
linux non fs(something like that)
263-7 ('' '' '')
Failsafe
...

I pick any of those and it gives me a big screen chekin alot of things then alot of "ok" in green then it goes to a black screen my pc turns on the second light as if something were loading but then nothing happens just black screen. What am i doing wrong?
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10-Apr-2005, 07:54 PM #7
You should choose the Linux option - or it should already be hi-lighted and if you let it run it boots into Linux. If this isn't happening then I'm wondering if you've got a good DL. Did you run the MD5 checksum after DL'ing?
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10-Apr-2005, 08:02 PM #8
no i didnt. maybe i should right now?
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10-Apr-2005, 08:36 PM #9
the md5 didnt show any problem. I saw while researching someone fixed this pronlem with a different screen. It worked for me also. Ok so thanks alot couchmaster. I guess those were all my problems. Now I just have to learn to use linux
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10-Apr-2005, 09:09 PM #10
Alright, hope you really like Linux - glad you got it figured out, that's a good start!
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12-Apr-2005, 03:45 PM #11
Thanks alot. I appreciate your assistance
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