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Posted: Jan. 19 2004,03:00 QUOTE

I'm excited about installing this distro on an older laptop.  I've installed Linux before but never worked with an on CD version.  I downloaded DSL and then burned it to a CD.  I set the BIOS to boot from the CD but I must be missing a step because the boot process just cruises on by the CD.  OK - so what's this newbie missing here - do I need to create some kind of floppy boot disk?

As an aside, for folks as inexperienced as I am it might be helpful to include a little more how-to set up stuff - out of the box step by step sort of thing.  It sounds like a pretty experienced bunch of folks hang out on this site but I think that this distro could have broader appeal if a little more info were available.

Thanks for the help.
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Posted: Jan. 19 2004,04:10 QUOTE

Did you make sure to "Write CD Image to CD"?  (An option similar to that should be available on most CD writing software.)  I know that when I first created a Knoppix CD, I just burned the *.iso file straight to the CD, wasting a CD-R.
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Posted: Jan. 23 2004,14:13 QUOTE

Well, at the moment, I've got my hands full setting up a terminal server.  When I get that done (probably a day or two), I could start typing up a more detailed set of instructions.  If they're any good, I could post them here or upload them, somewhere.

(After all the fun DSL's given me, it's only fair that I give back, somehow!)


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