creating boot disks

[Guest davone]

i just downloaded a huge mandriva folder and am going to put it on one of my computers, but im not sure which file i use to make the boot disk

 

the mandriva folder contains; a boot folder, an isolinux folder, a loop backs folder, a rar file titled mandriva-one-2007-free-gnome

 

the boot folder contains; a cd rom folder and a usb folder both of which contain a rar file titled initrd and a cfg file titled syslinux

 

the isolinux folder contains; a security calalog titled boot, a bin file titled isolinux, and a cgf file titled isolinux

 

the loopbacks folder contains a sqfs file titled distrib

 

so basically i am asked what i need to do to with that to set it up

[AussieJohn]

It sounds a lot like you have downloaded an ISO. It seems also that you have opened the iso to have seen the things you have listed.

 

You have gone about the task the totally wrong way.

You do NOT OPEN an iso. What you do is open a disc burning program such as Nero or such like in Windows (assuming you don't yet have a Linux OS). You make sure that you burn the ISO to disc as an ISO

 

When you burn the disc correctly as an ISO and reboot, the install menu will automatically boot up.

It is as simple as that. You would be well advised to use the checksum to make certain the iso is not faulty, BEFORE burning it to disc.

 

Cheers. John.

[Guest davone]

bleh

 

i got lazy and couldn't figure it out, so im downloading it from a different source that my friend has sucessfully used

[AussieJohn]

When you download it (the OS) from this different source it too will be an iso therefore my previous post will still apply and need to be implemented.

 

Cheers. John.