cd install need help..

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: cd install need help..
started by: daser1220

Posted by daser1220 on April 05 2005,01:05

Ok i want to boot off a live cd, but can't find the tut anywhere! i found for floppies and crap but not live... so can someone please direct me in the right direction? thanks in advance.

Posted by mikshaw on April 05 2005,01:31

No installation necessary to use a liveCD. Simply burn the ISO image (as an image, not as a data CD: < http://members.home.nl/lsnoek/iso.htm > ), make sure your bios is set to boot from CD prior to harddrive, and boot your computer with the CD in the drive. You should get a working DSL system running in RAM.

Any problems, come back here and we'll try to help.

Posted by daser1220 on April 05 2005,13:51

Ok i dont think it's allowing me to boot from cd first. How can I change that in Windows?

Posted by MadMan2k on April 05 2005,21:56

You can't change it in Windows as far as I know, but if you know how to enter the BIOS setup for your computer you can change it there.
While the system is booting, and before the OS splash screen, repeatedly tap 'Del', 'F1', 'F2', and possibly 'F10'. The most common is 'Del', and it should bring you to the BIOS setup screen. From there, find something about 'Boot Order', 'Boot Sequence', or the like, and change it so that CD is before or above the hard disk.

Good luck.

Posted by daser1220 on April 05 2005,22:10

ok well first i dont think im burning the disk right. I use the latest nero and i click nero burning rom, the program comes up and asks what type, on the left side i chose cd-rom (iso), then i chose new, select and drag in dsl-1.0rc2.iso then i burn the cd with the no-multisession and disk-at-once options. Then when it finished i checked the cd and all i saw was the iso file. What am i doing wrong?

Posted by jls legalize on April 05 2005,22:34

in nero close the first window then
choose burn image in the fourth menu, that I think says burner (I have the italian version of the program that says masterizzatore).

Posted by mikshaw on April 06 2005,02:43

Did you click the link? You didn't click the link, did you? There's a link there, specifically there to answer your question, posted *before* you asked the question....and you didn't click it, did you? Click the link, for the love of god and all that is holy.....cliiiiick.

Posted by daser1220 on April 06 2005,14:44

yes, i did click the link before i posted, and it says click the burn now icon, not burn image in the 4th menu. thanks jls, it works now.