Re: Newbie help request - Tom

Nick wrote:

>
> "Tom ***" <me@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%cIqf.17883$b4.6456@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Nick wrote:
>>> I am new to Linux, found a helpful guy who suggested I start with
>>> downloading and burning to disc
>>> a copy of pclinuxos-p92.iso (done), booting from the CD and running from
>>> the CD (configured to do that) but my system doesn't seem to recognise
>>> the file and does nothing.
>>
>> When you burn the CD, do not just burn the file onto it like a normal
>> data CD. You need to find the option in your CD burning software to "burn
>> image file" or "burn ISO" - then you just point it at the .iso file and
>> it will make you a nice bootable CD with all the files on it contained
>> within the image. (You must have some seperate CD burning software - the
>> built in Windows XP CD burning facilities won't do it.)
>>
>> A quick google search found the following site, which has instructions
>> for burning ISO images in just about every piece of software imaginable:
>>
>> http://iso.snoekonline.com/iso.htm
>
> Hi Tom,
>
> That's the answer ! - never done an image burn before, but I have Nero and
> am sure I have seen that in the options so will try that tonight.
> Thanks,
> Nick


When you have done that, here is a few hundred web sites with livecd
iso files to download http://livecdlist.com

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