Re: [newbie] Downloading and installing mandrake
First things first.do you have high speed internet like DSL? If not, don't even think of of downloading Mandrake. It takes many many hours at ordinary modem speeds. Mike Eastaugh wrote: >Hi'ya > >Am completly new to this, so could someone help me here. I'm just looking to >download a copy of mandrake from the FTP site and install it by booting from >CD. Can someone please tell me what I need to download. > >Any help much appreciated > >Mike > >__ >Do You Yahoo!? >Everything you'll ever need on one web page >from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts >http://uk.my.yahoo.com > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Downloading and installing mandrake
Ahhh, excellent. Thanks Scott. Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Scott B Sent: 06 October 2002 18:18 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Downloading and installing mandrake No, the ISO images are a special kind of file. They contain all of the data and directory structure needed to write a whole CD. That's why the files are usually bigger than a CD will hold. You will need to find where it says 'create CD from iso image' in your CD burner software and choose that. Then it will ask for the image file. Make sure it is set to 'iso' then point it to the iso file you downloaded. After that, the image file will tell it everything else it needs to do. Scott B Mike Eastaugh wrote: >Thanks Dennis and Todd, > >Am indeed doing this from a win 2k or 95/98 machine probably using adaptec >cd creator. From what I can make of the mandrake website I need to write the >ISO files to CDs as raw data. > >So are files with the .ISO extension bootable then? > >Many thanks again, > >Mike > > __ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Downloading and installing mandrake
It's been a long time since I've used Windows, but in Adaptec there will be an option of some sort to to from an image/iso. That's what you want. The README file you'll find on the FTP site you download the .iso's from will actually have instructions on how to burn using Adaptec. Once you burn the iso as an image, it expand into a normal CD. The first one is bootable for install. The second (I believe) is bootable for rescue and such. If you end up with CDs that just have the .iso file on them, then a mistake was made in the Adaptec configuration before the burn. On Sunday 06 October 2002 09:57 am, Mike Eastaugh wrote: > Thanks Dennis and Todd, > > Am indeed doing this from a win 2k or 95/98 machine probably using adaptec > cd creator. From what I can make of the mandrake website I need to write > the ISO files to CDs as raw data. > > So are files with the .ISO extension bootable then? > > Many thanks again, > > Mike > > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dennis Myers > Sent: 06 October 2002 16:53 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Downloading and installing mandrake > > On Sunday 06 October 2002 10:29 am, Mike Eastaugh wrote: > > Hi'ya > > > > Am completly new to this, so could someone help me here. I'm just looking > > to download a copy of mandrake from the FTP site and install it by > > booting from CD. Can someone please tell me what I need to download. > > > > Any help much appreciated > > > > Mike > > > > __ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Everything you'll ever need on one web page > > from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts > > http://uk.my.yahoo.com > > Mike you need the following 3 .iso's the first two are nearly 700 Mb so you > need 80 min CDs to burn the image. > Mandrake90-cd1-inst.i586.iso > Mandrake90-cd2-inst.i586.iso > Mandrake90-cd3-i18n.i586.iso > > When you get on one of the ftp sites, if you do not see these files then > click > up on the directory to the next higher level until you see a folder with > iso > as it's label, go there. I think they have fixed the links to go to the > right > place now. Welcome to adventure called Linux, it is worth the trip. HTH Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Downloading and installing mandrake
Go to: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ftp.php3 Assuming you are using an Athlon or a Pentium, click on Mandrake 9.0/i586 ISO Image. Choose a mirror closest to you and then download: README md5sums.90 Mandrake90-cd1-inst.i586.iso Mandrake90-cd2-ext.i586.iso Mandrake90-cd3-i18n.i586.iso You only really NEED the first iso to get a working GNU/Linux, but I'd highly encourage you to grab the first two. If you have high speed internet access, you might as well grab all three. When you've downloaded the files, type the following in the directory you downloaded in: md5sum -c md5sums.90 This will take a while to calculate, but it will confirm that the download occurred successfully. If you are going to burn these ISO from a non-GNU/Linux machine, refer the README file for instructions. I also don't know how to check the md5sum from a non-GNU/Linux OS. To burn from GNU/Linux type: cdrecord -scanbus Not which device points to your burner. In my case it's 1,3,0. Then use this information to burn the CD. cdrecord -v speed=8 dev=1,3,0 Mandrake90-cd1-inst.i586.iso Replace the values with your own, of course. On Sunday 06 October 2002 08:29 am, Mike Eastaugh wrote: > Hi'ya > > Am completly new to this, so could someone help me here. I'm just looking > to download a copy of mandrake from the FTP site and install it by booting > from CD. Can someone please tell me what I need to download. > > Any help much appreciated > > Mike > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Everything you'll ever need on one web page > from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts > http://uk.my.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Downloading and installing mandrake
No, the ISO images are a special kind of file. They contain all of the data and directory structure needed to write a whole CD. That's why the files are usually bigger than a CD will hold. You will need to find where it says 'create CD from iso image' in your CD burner software and choose that. Then it will ask for the image file. Make sure it is set to 'iso' then point it to the iso file you downloaded. After that, the image file will tell it everything else it needs to do. Scott B Mike Eastaugh wrote: >Thanks Dennis and Todd, > >Am indeed doing this from a win 2k or 95/98 machine probably using adaptec >cd creator. From what I can make of the mandrake website I need to write the >ISO files to CDs as raw data. > >So are files with the .ISO extension bootable then? > >Many thanks again, > >Mike > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Downloading and installing mandrake
Thanks Dennis and Todd, Am indeed doing this from a win 2k or 95/98 machine probably using adaptec cd creator. From what I can make of the mandrake website I need to write the ISO files to CDs as raw data. So are files with the .ISO extension bootable then? Many thanks again, Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dennis Myers Sent: 06 October 2002 16:53 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Downloading and installing mandrake On Sunday 06 October 2002 10:29 am, Mike Eastaugh wrote: > Hi'ya > > Am completly new to this, so could someone help me here. I'm just looking > to download a copy of mandrake from the FTP site and install it by booting > from CD. Can someone please tell me what I need to download. > > Any help much appreciated > > Mike > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Everything you'll ever need on one web page > from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts > http://uk.my.yahoo.com Mike you need the following 3 .iso's the first two are nearly 700 Mb so you need 80 min CDs to burn the image. Mandrake90-cd1-inst.i586.iso Mandrake90-cd2-inst.i586.iso Mandrake90-cd3-i18n.i586.iso When you get on one of the ftp sites, if you do not see these files then click up on the directory to the next higher level until you see a folder with iso as it's label, go there. I think they have fixed the links to go to the right place now. Welcome to adventure called Linux, it is worth the trip. HTH -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 __ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Downloading and installing mandrake
On Sunday 06 October 2002 10:29 am, Mike Eastaugh wrote: > Hi'ya > > Am completly new to this, so could someone help me here. I'm just looking > to download a copy of mandrake from the FTP site and install it by booting > from CD. Can someone please tell me what I need to download. > > Any help much appreciated > > Mike > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Everything you'll ever need on one web page > from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts > http://uk.my.yahoo.com Mike you need the following 3 .iso's the first two are nearly 700 Mb so you need 80 min CDs to burn the image. Mandrake90-cd1-inst.i586.iso Mandrake90-cd2-inst.i586.iso Mandrake90-cd3-i18n.i586.iso When you get on one of the ftp sites, if you do not see these files then click up on the directory to the next higher level until you see a folder with iso as it's label, go there. I think they have fixed the links to go to the right place now. Welcome to adventure called Linux, it is worth the trip. HTH -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Downloading and installing mandrake
Hi'ya Am completly new to this, so could someone help me here. I'm just looking to download a copy of mandrake from the FTP site and install it by booting from CD. Can someone please tell me what I need to download. Any help much appreciated Mike __ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
