Mandrake Linux Installation?

jonathan731 · 10-Apr-2005, 03:32 PM #1

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?

CouchMaster · 10-Apr-2005, 04:27 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.

jonathan731 · 10-Apr-2005, 04:58 PM #3

when i uncompress there are a thousand files. Burn all of them as an image?

jonathan731 · 10-Apr-2005, 05:25 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)

CouchMaster · 10-Apr-2005, 06:02 PM #5

If the file extension is ISO then you're OK to go...

jonathan731 · 10-Apr-2005, 08:45 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?

CouchMaster · 10-Apr-2005, 08:54 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?

jonathan731 · 10-Apr-2005, 09:02 PM #8

no i didnt. maybe i should right now?

jonathan731 · 10-Apr-2005, 09:36 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

CouchMaster · 10-Apr-2005, 10:09 PM **#10**

Alright, hope you really like Linux - glad you got it figured out, that's a good start!

jonathan731 · 12-Apr-2005, 04:45 PM **#11**

Thanks alot. I appreciate your assistance

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