installation

[Filianx]

I would be surprised if you could burn an iso with the Xp burning software, 
could I suggest that when you get the iso's sorted out that you clean 
install Xp then set up a dual boot, if that is what you wish to do of 
course.

On 30/08/05, Claude Jones <claude_jones at levitjames.com> wrote: 
> 
> On Tue August 30 2005 10:43 am, mike kenward wrote:
> > Dear all,
> > realise im probably addressing you all in a completely inappropriate
> > manner, but im not a frequent user of forumsor mailing lists so please
> > accept my apologies for any flaws in etiquette.
> > My problem is as follows.
> > I have been following the instruction of both the fedora websiteand a
> > friend in installing the operating system onto a second partition on my
> > computer. The computer is only 6 months old and has been attacked by 
> virus'
> > since what seems to have been its first moments online. It runs windows 
> xp,
> > now very slowly and clumsily, and im sick and tired of it.
> > i downloaded the cd iso files from the download site accessible through 
> the
> > fedora website. i have burned them onto sparate cd's, first using xp's 
> own
> > burning programme, and later using the sonic programme (which i think is
> > linux based, correct me if im wrong).
> > it seemed to work ok, but each time i try to boot from the first cd, it
> > simply ignored my request and boots directly from windows.
> 
> Do you know how to enter setup for your BIOS? That would be the first 
> thing to
> check. Usually, you press 'del' or 'F2' but it could be a different key, 
> very
> early in the boot process. Then you have to find the screen that sets the
> boot order, and tell your computer to try and boot from the CD first.
> Secondly, if you get that set right, you have to check the manner in which 
> you
> burned your CD's if it still doesn't work. You need to 'burn image'. Every
> burn program is slightly different, so it's hard to tell you exactly how 
> to
> do this. If you can open your CD on your XP partition and look at it, it
> should contain a bunch of files - if it just has one large .iso file, you
> didn't 'burn image' but just burned a copy of the file to your CD - Google
> the burn program you're using, or use its help file, or just poke around 
> the
> menus and look for words like 'burn image'.
> 
> --
> Claude Jones
> Bluemont, VA, USA
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