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Topic: Help please--new as a noob can get

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Rayp

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Posted: Feb. 11 2006,18:28

I'm trying to put dsl linux on a friends older laptop. I've downloaded the DSL-2.2.iso and burnt it to a cd using MagicISO. (I think I burned it right. The instructions were a little unclear to me.) I have the files boot, knoppix, lost+found, and index on the cd I burnt.

The cd won't boot. I have the bios set to boot from cd. I thought it may be a bad download. I downloaded the dsl-2.2.iso.md5 text file but I'm clueless as to how to check the md5sum. I downloaded Quickpar to check the md5sum but can't figure it out. I'm using windows xp btw. Any help would be great. (p.s.--sorry for being so ignorant--I told you I was new as a noob could get:^)

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Posted: Feb. 24 2006,06:41

Try a new current.iso when you burn the iso to a cd, make sure your software understands burning an iso. I have had simular problems with rewritable cd's try a cd-r.

Hope it helps.:)

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300c_Pilot
Boise, Idaho