Dang old computers! It's dawned on my 10 years old Presario 5050 desktop only reads CD-ROM. She's not connected to the net yet(trying to figure out how she going to fit on the wireless network) so I need other options of downloading DSL on my computer. I'm very disappointed, I so looked forward to learning and using DSL/Linux.

Thanks,
Sassy

I don’t understand the question here. Are you unable to use a CD to install?

osor sometimes I don't understand me. Dummy (me), forgot to reboot. I should never try to do anything right after work. At that I better look/study the Application & Tutorial for Linux. Next time I come back to this forum minus the dramatics.... I can ask an intelligent question(s). Thanks for taking the to time to ask/help.

My regards,
Sassy

OK, I have some questions.

It's my understanding for DSL my BIOS will have to be changed how is that done?

Since Win98 was my previous OS will the hard drive still have to be partitioned?

Actually Win89 is still on my computer will I have to uninstall it, or will DSL erase it when I boot and install it?

Also will I be able to still use my USB ports?

Allow me to give you my Presario desktop 5050 specs.
Pentium II 333MHz Intel Processor
256 RAM
8GB Hard Drive

Thanks for any assistance you can give me.
Sassy

You will have to enter your BIOS (press F10 at the bootup screen) and go to where you can change the boot sequence. If you can put the CD drive ahead of the hard drive in the boot sequence, that is what you need to do. Otherwise, you will need a boot floppy to help you boot to CD (the instructions for creating this should be somewhere on the dsl website).

If your BIOS is outdated for some other reason (e.g., you find that you cannot upgrade to a hard drive bigger than 32GB or that your time and date is not Y2K-compliant), you might have to get a BIOS upgrade. Usually this involves obtaining a special floppy image from your vendor.
If you don’t need any of the stuff on it, you can have DSL erase it. If you need some of the stuff on it, you can have DSL resize it to make space for your own partition. Some older Compaq machines had initial partitions for the BIOS. You will NOT want to touch those at all (else you might brick your machine).
Yes. If your BIOS supports booting off a USB port (using a thumb drive), you might try that instead of a CD.

DSL will run from the CD with out being installed to the hard drive. You can also try Puppy Linux it is a small program for older hardware and it will run from the CD.