Booting HelpForum: HD Install Topic: Booting Help started by: Infusion Posted by Infusion on Oct. 16 2004,14:31
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 skaos on Oct. 16 2004,14:42
You may have to change the boot sequence in the bios so that your pc tries to boot from the CD-drive before the hard disk. Also, there may be a problem with the CD - did you check the md5sum before burning? And how did you burn the CD - if you use Ahead Nero you should use File -> Burn Image.
Posted by Infusion on Oct. 16 2004,15:10
yeah, i used nero, i did the file image thingy, errm..whats md5um? and i changed the bios to boot on cd b4 HD
Posted by skaos on Oct. 17 2004,11:44
The md5sum is a check sum - it is a way to check that your download wasn't corrupted. Here is a windows software to do that: < http://www.md5summer.org/. > If the generated sum of the iso image is the same as in dsl-0.8.2.iso.md5.txt (found on the same site as the iso image), then the download is ok.
Posted by Infusion on Oct. 17 2004,12:36
yeah its fine, also i got a version on a cd (magazine) and that does the same thing
Posted by skaos on Oct. 17 2004,12:48
I have no idea why it doesn't work ... just a thought: could you try the cd on another pc?
Posted by Infusion on Oct. 18 2004,12:04
yeah, it works fine on a pentium computer, (4) could this be an AMD problem? |