Hugo
What program will you be using to burn the ISO.
Charles
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 8:39 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.1 ISO image
> Once you burn it its just automatically bootable. I think.
> How to burn one? I think Mandrake said Easy-cd creator would
> burn em'.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Hugo GONZALEZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 1:07 PM
> Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 7.1 ISO image
>
>
> > Ok, so GRUB can go beyond the cylinder 1024. I am dowloading then the
ISO
> image of Mandrake 7.1. I am half the way of completing the download. I
> looked for a howto on burning iso images into CD, but found none. At the
> places I found something it was only a "please refer to your CD-R manual".
> >
> > What is the procedure to burn an ISO image into a CD to make it
bootable?
> Do I burn it just like that?
> >
> > Thanks again!
> >
> > Hugo GONZALEZ
> >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: Charles A Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > >Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 9:37 AM
> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >Subject: Re: [newbie] Partitioning for Win98 and Linux
> > >
> > >
> > > I also have a Maxtor hd. When I installed it in my system I used the
> > >MaxBlast software included with the drive to format it before
> > >installing any
> > >OS. This software will write code to the hd that will prevent
> > >you from being
> > >able to use LILO, BootMagic, or the BeOS
> > >bootloader. You will have no problem with 7.1 and GRUB.
> > >
> > > Charles
> > >
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Hugo GONZALEZ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 10:54 AM
> > >Subject: RE: [newbie] Partitioning for Win98 and Linux
> > >
> > >
> > >> My hd is a Maxtor, and I partitioned 10Mb using DOS(Win95)
> > >fdisk. I am on
> > >my way of downloading the iso images for Mandrake 7.1.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks.
> > >>
> > >> Hugo GONZALEZ
> > >>
> > >> >-----Original Message-----
> > >> >From: Charles A Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > >> >Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2000 6:33 AM
> > >> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >> >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >> >Subject: Re: [newbie] Partitioning for Win98 and Linux
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > You can always do the install and boot Linux from a floppy
> > >> >or upgrade to
> > >> >7.1 and use GRUB as the bootloader. It does not suffer from the 1024
> > >> >error.You can also move Windows to the end of the drive, it
> > >> >will boot from
> > >> >anywhere and install Mandrake on the first 10GB.
> > >> > One other note. You did not say what brand hd or which tool
> > >> >you used to
> > >> >formatt. If you used a floppy supplied with the drive then you
> > >> >will most
> > >> >likly get the 1024 error regardless of where you install LILO.
> > >> >
> > >> > Charles
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >----- Original Message -----
> > >> >From: "Mark Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >> >Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 1:05 PM
> > >> >Subject: Re: [newbie] Partitioning for Win98 and Linux
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >> Hugo GONZALEZ wrote:
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > Hello everyone.
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > I had installed Mandrake 7.0 as the single OS on my box.
> > >> >No problem at
> > >> >all. Then my HD physically crashed and I installed a new one
> > >> >with Windows
> > >> >98. This new hd is 20Gb big, and initially, when installing
> > >> >Win98 I left
> > >> >only a partition of 10Gb (9.x Gb), the rest of the disk would
> > >> >be for Linux.
> > >> >Then I tried to install Mandrake, but DrakX told me that the
> > >> >partition for
> > >> >Linux is beyond the cylinder 1024, so I quit installation.
> > >I surfed the
> > >> >internet to read some howtos, but my confusion grew larger. My
> > >> >question is:
> > >> >can I install Linux without making a /boot partition within
> > >> >the cylinder
> > >> >1024?
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > Can I keep my hd like
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> >
> > >> >!----------------Win98(10Gb)--------------!!-------------------
> > >> >-Linux-------
> > >> >-------------!
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > or should I go to something like
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> >
> > >> >!-/boot-!!-----------------Win98---------------!!--------------
> > >> >---Linux-----
> > >> >-------------!
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > Please, if you'd be so kind to clarify this to me.
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > Thanks in advance.
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > Hugo GONZALEZ
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Hugo,
> > >> >>
> > >> >> This is very easy to fix. When you're doing the install and you're
> > >> >> partition your HDD for Linux make these partitions.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> "/boot" = 10Meg
> > >> >> "/" (your 'root' partition) = HOwever big your you want
> > >according to
> > >> >> physical limits
> > >> >> SWAP partition = 200 - 300 Meg
> > >> >>
> > >> >> that's really all there is to it.
> > >> >> --
> > >> >> Mark
> > >> >>
> > >> >> I love my Linux box...
> > >> >> REASON #1 -- ...it isn't Windows!
> > >> >> Registered Linux user #1299563
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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