Installing MANDRAKE!!!

fidelis13 · 03-23-2003, 08:57 PM

Ok, I have 2 hard drives, and I just downloaded the 3 ISO Images of Mandrake... And now I have NO CLUE at all how to get mandrake on my computer, does any one know how? I went to the REDHAT website and it was too confusing, can anyone break it down for me please?

gg4 · 03-23-2003, 09:39 PM

Burn each iso onto a cd. Then, pop the first cd in your computer and the installer autmatically begins.

fidelis13 · 03-23-2003, 09:47 PM

Yeah, I did that, I put in the First ISO and nothing happens, i go to my computers and click on the file and a box comes up and says "What would you like to open this file with?" and I dont know what to put in?

rshaw · 03-23-2003, 09:55 PM

make sure your bios has your cd drive as the first boot device. reboot with the first cd in the drive.

fidelis13 · 03-23-2003, 10:12 PM

yep, and i just changed it to boot from the CD drive in the bios and still nothing.....

sandman · 03-23-2003, 10:34 PM

did you burn these as bootable iso images or just burn the iso files onto disks?

fidelis13 · 03-23-2003, 10:38 PM

good question... whats the difference? How do I burn them as bootable?

sandman · 03-23-2003, 11:20 PM

what are you using to burn them?
if it is nero in windows close the wizard and go to file- burn image and search for the image, make sure to finalize it too.

edit: not saying you don't know, but just incase...
leave the iso's like they are , don't extract them.