| Robert M. Riches Jr. 2004-03-27, 8:34 pm |
| In article <d55a0418.0403271634.56412c23@posting.google.com>, dubya3 wrote:
> ok i have p3 that has nothing on it. i could load any windows app, but
> i was hoping not to. i have to boot from a floppy right now (nothing
> on HD). i tried to boot into cd on start of my other pc but cd doesn't
> boot. do i need to convert "boot.iso" into a file or no. oh if it isnt
> obvious this is my first linux install
Do you have ISO files, installation CDs, or both?
If you are going to burn CDs, verify the ISO files'
checksums before burning, and make sure to use the "as
image" option in whatever program you use to burn the CDs.
Generally, you would boot from the first installation CD,
and then switch CDs as the installer tells you to. That's
probably easiest for a first-time install.
Alternatively, there is at least one floppy image on the
first installation CD that can be copied to a floppy (using
a rawwrite utility, IIRC) if you can't boot from the CD.
The Red Hat installation guide on the documentation CD, and
probably still at redhat.com if you can find it, explains a
lot of it. You probably want to have the installation guide
to look at while doing the installation.
If you have difficulty finding it, look at groups.google.com
(advanced search, *linux* groups) or google.com/linux.
If you were experienced with Linux, another option would be
to manually partition the hard disk, copy the ISO files to a
spare partition on the hard disk, then do a 'hard disk
install'.
Good luck.
Robert Riches
spamtrap42@verizon.net
(Yes, that is one of my email addresses.)
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