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On July 12, 2004 11:48, Greg Meyer wrote:
> On Monday 12 July 2004 12:40 pm, Christopher J. Bottaro wrote:
> > ok, this is getting a bit off topic, but...
> >
> > how do i "make it bootable with the cdrom boot image"? �i found the "raw
> > tree for Mandrakelinux 10.0 Official" and i'm assuming i can download it,
> > keeping the dir structure intact, then burn it to dvd with the "cdrom
> > boot image"...?
>
> I believe that to make a CD or DVD bottable, you hae to specify a boot
> image, which I believe should be that exact size of a floppy disk image, so
> you can use one of the floppy images in the images directory to make the
> DVD bootable.  Alternatively, you could create the DVD archive, and then
> use a boot floppy to get started.
>
> Another thought, if you have the bandwidth to copy the whole dang tree
> down, you might want to consider an ftp install.

Or if the OP has that much bandwidth, and enough space, what's wrong with 
doing an hard drive install using the boot.iso in the images directory? That 
image is about 8 MB. A CD-RW current for the version of Mandrake wanted is 
all that's needed. That and knowing where the tree is on the drive.

It's the quickest and easiest method since you don't have to wait for network 
slowdowns or switch disks or put up with speed bumps from optical drives.

That's the method I use for most customer's systems I assemble. I got sick of 
paying for blank CD-Rs.

Charlie
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Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org
Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Cooker) for i586 kernel 2.6.7-1.sds.16mdk
12:50:01 up 5 min, 1 user, load average: 0.05, 0.22, 0.12
The eagle may soar, but the weasel never gets sucked into a jet engine.
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