Need simple help

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: Need simple help
started by: Shirt Ninja

Posted by Shirt Ninja on April 07 2006,03:44

Yo,
I need a very simple question answered:
HOW DO I INSTALL DSL?
even as i type it, i feel my inner n00bzor coming out, but i simply cannot find a dumbed-down-enough version of how to install it.
Accepting links, ".txt"s, written answers and even sarcastic remarks... XP
ps. Don't laugh at me... PLEASE don't laugh at me

Posted by Shirt Ninja on April 07 2006,03:51

you're laughing at me aren't you? I KNEW IT!!!!!

Posted by humpty on April 07 2006,03:57

Burn the iso file onto a CD.
Boot from the CD.

(ha ha ha ha)

Posted by Shirt Ninja on April 07 2006,04:01

yes but my computer makes just an iso file on a cd, so how does that help?

Posted by Shirt Ninja on April 07 2006,04:12

When i said "dumb-downed"... i meant "mega ultra ubzor-n00bzor dunbed down"

Posted by mikshaw on April 07 2006,04:37

It would really help if the old useful posts didn't just randomly disappear so we could continue linking to them.

When you burn an ISO file you need to burn it "as a CD image" rather than as a typical data CD. Most modern burning software will give you this option. The reason for this is because when you burn a typical data CD you are using the ISO filesystem, but you end up with a CD that is essentially a backup of the file you downloaded rather than a CD containing a useable bootable operating system. If you burn it as a disk image, you should get a CD that contains a boot sector and an operating system.

You'll need to check your burning software and see if it has an option to "burn CD image" or "burn from image" or "burn from ISO" or something like that.

Posted by davinci47 on April 07 2006,07:53

hy
could not be better than mikshaw sad. I am myself not verry good but did the things he sad and the site tells you and it worked.

you can also try the boot image floppy wich i did to start it on a pc where i could not start from cd.
make a start floppy from downloded bootfloppy using using rawwritewin wich is rather nice to do the job.
flop and cd in machine job done even for me

succes we all have been beginners once in our lifetime

Posted by cbagger01 on April 08 2006,22:27

< http://damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/Burning_a_Bootable_CD >