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Hi there all you out there,

 

Got a bit of a problem. I've just down-loaded all 3 Mandrake 9.1 discs and

burnt them onto 3 CD-Rs. I've even done the floppy thing.

 

BUT, when I reboot nothing happens :(

 

Can anyone out there let me know what might be wrong!!!!!!!!!!!??????????

PLEASE!!!!!!!!!! :roll:

 

All the best,

 

Phil

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did you check the iso md5 sums to make sure they were correct before booting? and did you burn the iso files straight to the CD or do the "burn image from ISO file" option?

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More info needed.

Have you checked the ISOs with the md5sums?

Is your CD drive the first boot option?

What happends when you reboot? blank screen? windoze boots?

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I'm a bit of a newbie so forgive my ignorance, but what is iso md5 sums and burn image from ISO file.

 

All I did was down-load the 3 discs in RAR format from this site. I then unpacked them and then put them onto 3 CD-Rs.

 

Phil

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I've made the floppy thing and I've tried booting FLOPPY/CD/HD and CD/HD, but either way all I get is a black screen with just a tiny " - " flashing up in the top left hand coner.

 

Does it make any difference that I'm running damm XP??????

 

My system is a PRESARIO 710 EA, AMD DURON 933, 20 GB, 256 RAM

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here's a post in the FAQ section what will help you with doing the md5 sum checks: http://www.mandrakeusers.org/viewtopic.php?t=4638

 

as for the ISO files, you need to find a mirror that has them, they are named:

Mandrake91-cd1-inst.i586.iso

Mandrake91-cd2-ext.i586.iso

Mandrake91-cd3-i18n.i586.iso

 

you can get them from a variety of mirrors, i get mine from here:

ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distr...ns/mandrake/iso

 

the other option, of course, is to check your local technology store (Staples and the like) and purchase the powerpack.

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Now I'm really getting confused.

 

I've just been to the links that anon posted, but whenever I click on any of the packages a download window pops up asking me whether I want to open or save it. I click on save, but all I see is that it's a "WinRAR" file!!!!!!

 

That is the same as I downloaded b4. When I unpacked them I got all the folders like "dosutils", "isolinux", "misc" etc and files like "RPM-GPG-KEYS" and "pkg-9.1-Bamboo-i586.idx" etc.

 

If I double click on the CD-R icon on my desktop, I get a the Mandrake window asking me what I would like to do, "Install Mandrake" etc.

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ok

 

is it saving it as .rar or .iso?

most likely winRAR wants to handle it since it is a packaged file. i would right click on the links and click "save as", and make sure the extension is .iso and not .rar. then, use your cd burning program to burn the cd's from an image. there should be an option in one of the menus that says "Burn CD from Image"

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I've tried all that you have sugested, but alas, all I keep getting is those b***y RAR things. It will not let me do as you told me

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Sorry, Nooooop. It didn't work.

 

What I can't understand is that I can see all the folders and files on the CD when I explore it. They seem to be identicle to those I used to see on the old Mandrake 7.2 CD I had

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