Help BootingForum: Other Help Topics Topic: Help Booting started by: Infusion Posted by Infusion on Oct. 16 2004,14:28
when i try to boot DSL on my system i gte the normal loadin screen and then after about a minute it either loads windows or it says there was an error booting.any help out there? System: WindowsXP Professional 1.6ghz 224mb Ram Amd Duron sorry if ive missed something obvious but im new to DSL Posted by Merkoth on Oct. 16 2004,18:12
got a blank screen?check < this > thread... Posted by Nmeumonic on Nov. 01 2004,03:39
My *.iso won't boot at all. The closest it's been to actually booting was when I got the error..."Missing Operating System" I tried burning it as *.ISO and as *.IMG and neither one worked. Did I do somthing wrong? Is the .iso I downloaded corrupt? It's dsl-0.7.3.iso Posted by skaos on Nov. 01 2004,12:19
To see if the download is corrupt, check the md5sum with e.g. < http://www.md5summer.org/ >If you use Nero for burning use file -> burn image and then select dsl-0.7.3.iso. Posted by Nmeumonic on Nov. 02 2004,02:28
I've used standard Windows burning, Sonic Record Now!, CDRWIN3, WINISO, every type of burning software I have. What exactly is the md5? These are the files I downloaded...dsl-0.7.3.iso dsl-0.7.3.iso.txt <---This is the md5 file as text frugal_lite.sh In what format would I Burn the md5? Is the extension .md5 or something else? Posted by AwPhuch on Nov. 02 2004,06:26
< http://hegel.ittc.ukans.edu/topics/linux/man-pages/man1/md5sum.1.html >Its an error correction utility...every file that your do a md5sum creates a fingerprint hash or a code that if you compare a file to the sum and its the same you can be assured the file you have is correct and not corrupted/virused/bogus Its the same as a CRC check (cyclic redundancy check) $20 word but all it means is it checks to ensure what is sent is what is actually recieved
> Hope that helps Brian AwPhuch |