RE: [newbie] Installing 9.0
Some burning programs need to be told that the ISO is an El Torito bootable CD (which is different than a Windows bootable CD) - so it may not have written all the necessary booting data to the CD... I was wondering why mine didn't boot; I burned it under Windows. Is this the case for ISO images, though, I'd have thought they specified everything. -- Richard Urwin, Private No 9000 series computer has ever made a mitsake or corrubiteddatatato. This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs SkyScan service. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit http://www.messagelabs.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Installing 9.0
On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 21:02, Richard Urwin wrote: I was wondering why mine didn't boot; I burned it under Windows. Is this the case for ISO images, though, I'd have thought they specified everything. -- Richard Urwin, Private No 9000 series computer has ever made a mitsake or corrubiteddatatato. No. Creating ISO images doesn't always mean that it's going to read/write the actual boot sector properly - hence programs like BLIND-READ and BLIND-WRITE that make complete dupes of a CD. I like doing my ISO under linux as opposed to using Windo$e mainly for that reason. I can burn a bootable ISO of Mac OS/X as well as WinXP, WinNT, OS/2, BeOS or whatever...doesn't matter. Windo$e burners inherently don't do a great job (unless you REALLY configure your software properly - and Nero is probably the only one that works aside from Blind-Read/Blind-Write)...as well, what you read an ISO with and how it's read are important - same with the final burn of the ISO to CD...attention to detail is important... -- Mon Nov 11 22:50:00 EST 2002 |____ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ || |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' | What is the difference between a Turing machine and the modern computer? It's the same as that between Hillary's ascent of Everest and the establishment of a Hilton on its peak. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Installing 9.0
Yes That is what I did but some thing went wrong I am still checking on it so I can correct it Greg Tim Werner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I ran the dosutils/rawwrite.exe program to create my boot floppy under windows. When you run that program, you have to point to the images/cdrom.img file to create the floppy. Is that what you did? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:newbie-owner;linux-mandrake.com]On Behalf Of Greg Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 8:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Installing 9.0 Hi every one I ordered 9.0 from Mandrakes web site but have no word on when they will get here So I figured I would download it and burn my own from the download I downloaded 9.0 and burned a cd but when I try to make a boot disk to a floppy the is nothing on the floppyI never had any trouble before with the disks that I bought Any ideas Thanks Greg - Introducing NetZero Long Distance 1st month Free! Sign up today at: www.netzerolongdistance.com -- Linux The Number one Os __ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing 9.0
What do you mean by burning the iso to the cd It wont boot by cd My hardware does support it Greg Vasiliy Boulytchev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess, I forget to think like a tech. Sorry. Anyways good luck with 9.0 I enjoy it at work as my desktop system very much. KDE 3 rocks On 07 Nov 2002 20:44:53 -0500 Anthony Abby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2002-11-07 at 20:40, Vasiliy Boulytchev wrote: shouldn't that cd be bootable itself? Yes, generally unless his hardware doesn't support it, or unless he actually burned the .iso file to the cd itself. Anthony -- Linux The Number one Os __ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing 9.0
Hi everyone I found out what was keeping me from making a boot floppy It was a bad floppy I want to thank everyone for the help It is people like the ones on this list that help make Linux the best Greg Vasiliy Boulytchev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: shouldn't that cd be bootable itself? On Thu, 07 Nov 2002 20:34:14 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg) wrote: Hi every one I ordered 9.0 from Mandrakes web site but have no word on when they will get here So I figured I would download it and burn my own from the download I downloaded 9.0 and burned a cd but when I try to make a boot disk to a floppy the is nothing on the floppyI never had any trouble before with the disks that I bought Any ideas Thanks Greg -- Linux The Number One OS __ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ -- Linux The Number one Os __ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing 9.0
On Sat, 2002-11-09 at 16:25, Greg wrote: What do you mean by burning the iso to the cd It wont boot by cd My hardware does support it Greg Some burning programs need to be told that the ISO is an El Torito bootable CD (which is different than a Windows bootable CD) - so it may not have written all the necessary booting data to the CD... Have you tried doing the installation through Windows? If you insert CD#1 in while you're in Windows, you DO have the option to run the installation...that is, if you didn't blow out Windows from the machine in the first place... I created space on a test machine (9gb) and moved the WinXP data to the back of the partition - ran the CD through Windows and performed the installation. After the install was done, I did have my Windows partion not only automatically mounted under /mnt/windows, but the OS was added to the lilo boot screen as well. Was fairly painless. I would have tried the bootdisk, but this workstation doesn't have a floppy drive... -- Sat Nov 9 17:05:00 EST 2002 |____ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ || |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' | For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do. -- Paul of Tarsus, (Saint Paul) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing 9.0
On Sat, 2002-11-09 at 17:02, Greg wrote: Hi everyone I found out what was keeping me from making a boot floppy It was a bad floppy I want to thank everyone for the help It is people like the ones on this list that help make Linux the best Greg I suppose you'll be purchasing a box of diskettes rather soon? -- Sat Nov 9 17:10:00 EST 2002 |____ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ || |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' | The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. -- Francis Bacon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing 9.0
On Thu, 2002-11-07 at 20:40, Vasiliy Boulytchev wrote: shouldn't that cd be bootable itself? Yes, generally unless his hardware doesn't support it, or unless he actually burned the .iso file to the cd itself. Anthony Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing 9.0
On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 12:44, Anthony Abby wrote: On Thu, 2002-11-07 at 20:40, Vasiliy Boulytchev wrote: shouldn't that cd be bootable itself? Yes, generally unless his hardware doesn't support it, or unless he actually burned the .iso file to the cd itself. Anthony The CD MIGHT be a bootable CD - but what I'd really like to know is how is the boot disk being created, what are the errors (if any) and what color is the other side of the moon in June... Meanwhile, if a bootable diskette can't be made properly from the ISO that he downloaded, maybe a MDKv9 bootdisk could be put up on someone's ftp site for download for the poor guy? -- Fri Nov 8 12:55:00 EST 2002 |____ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ || |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' | Azh nazg durbatal^uk, azh nazg gimbatul, Azh nazg thrakatal^uk agh burzum ishi krimpatul! -- J. R. R. Tolkien Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing 9.0
I guess, I forget to think like a tech. Sorry. Anyways good luck with 9.0 I enjoy it at work as my desktop system very much. KDE 3 rocks On 07 Nov 2002 20:44:53 -0500 Anthony Abby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2002-11-07 at 20:40, Vasiliy Boulytchev wrote: shouldn't that cd be bootable itself? Yes, generally unless his hardware doesn't support it, or unless he actually burned the .iso file to the cd itself. Anthony Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Installing 9.0
I ran the dosutils/rawwrite.exe program to create my boot floppy under windows. When you run that program, you have to point to the images/cdrom.img file to create the floppy. Is that what you did? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:newbie-owner;linux-mandrake.com]On Behalf Of Greg Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 8:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Installing 9.0 Hi every one I ordered 9.0 from Mandrakes web site but have no word on when they will get here So I figured I would download it and burn my own from the download I downloaded 9.0 and burned a cd but when I try to make a boot disk to a floppy the is nothing on the floppyI never had any trouble before with the disks that I bought Any ideas Thanks Greg - Introducing NetZero Long Distance 1st month Free! Sign up today at: www.netzerolongdistance.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
