jimpadget2005 wrote: > OK, I downloaded pclinux distro and it seems to be a > compressed RAR file with .ISO extension. > > So, I uncompressed it with rarlab software and got > a PCLinux folder with 3 files inside: > > 1. Folder Named "Boot" > 2. Folder Named "Isolinux" > 3. File: livecd.sqfs > > I put the 3 files (not the folder) on a CD and tried > to boot my old PC, but the linux won't boot. > The CD drive runs some, but it still boots Windows XP. > > Now I a drink and some advice. thx > >
All you want to do, was to simply burn the *.iso file as a disk image, pop it into your bootable CD drive, and start the computer, which should have the CD drive before the hard drive in the boot order, so that the CD will boot, and not whatever you might have installed on the HD. -- -wittig http://www.robertwittig.com/ http://robertwittig.net/ http://robertwittig.org/ . To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
