Hi,

I must start by saying I'm a complete newbie to the world of iso's etc so
please be gentle with me. I'm also a complete newbie to linux too so I'm
unsure as to whether I'm in the right group. (a pointer to the right one if
I'm not would be much appreciated)

I recently inherited a computer to which I wanted to try out the Linux OS
and so I downloaded the Knoppix OS from one of the mirror sites. It came in
the "Winrar" zipped format. When I extracted the files, it extracted into
one file called "Knoppix_V3.9-2005-05-27-EN.ISO" but that was also in the
zipped Winrar format. So when I extracted that one it became a folder
called "Knoppix_V3.9-2005-05-27-EN" which contained 3 autorun files, an
index file and a file called cdrom and two further folders called "Boot" and
"Knoppix"

Now I assumed that these extracted files and folders were the ones to burn
on to disk and so I did, but as yet, I have not managed to get it to boot
from the dvd. (I've already changed the bios settings for the computer to
boot from cd/dvd so I know that isn't the problem).

I haven't a clue what I'm doing wrong, any help would be very much
appreciated.

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 00:39:20 -0000, angel
<peeny07nothisbit@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in alt.os.linux.debian:

> Hi,
>
> I must start by saying I'm a complete newbie to the world of iso's etc so
> please be gentle with me. I'm also a complete newbie to linux too so I'm
> unsure as to whether I'm in the right group. (a pointer to the right one if
> I'm not would be much appreciated)
>
> I recently inherited a computer to which I wanted to try out the Linux OS
> and so I downloaded the Knoppix OS from one of the mirror sites. It came in
> the "Winrar" zipped format. When I extracted the files, it extracted into
> one file called "Knoppix_V3.9-2005-05-27-EN.ISO" but that was also in the
> zipped Winrar format. So when I extracted that one

That's what you did wrong. You should burn the .iso file to a CD,
without extracting files from it. As far as I can remember from my
Windows days, most CD-burning software will give you the option to
create a CD based on the .iso image instead of copying its contents to
a folder on the CD.

PJR :-)
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angel wrote:

>
> I recently inherited a computer to which I wanted to try out the Linux OS
> and so I downloaded the Knoppix OS from one of the mirror sites. It came in
> the "Winrar" zipped format. When I extracted the files, it extracted into
> one file called "Knoppix_V3.9-2005-05-27-EN.ISO" but that was also in the
> zipped Winrar format. So when I extracted that one it became a folder
> called "Knoppix_V3.9-2005-05-27-EN" which contained 3 autorun files, an
> index file and a file called cdrom and two further folders called "Boot" and
> "Knoppix"
The file you need to download and burn to disk is
"Knoppix_V3.9-2005-05-27-EN.ISO" and be sure to burn as an ISO. In both
popular CD burning applications in Windows, Nero and Roxio, there is an
option to burn as an ISO. The CD will then be bootable.

JohnA


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"johnA" <jander01ATtiscaliDOTcoDOTuk> wrote in message
news:4366a498_3@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
> angel wrote:
>
> >
> > I recently inherited a computer to which I wanted to try out the Linux
OS
> > and so I downloaded the Knoppix OS from one of the mirror sites. It
came in
> > the "Winrar" zipped format. When I extracted the files, it extracted
into
> > one file called "Knoppix_V3.9-2005-05-27-EN.ISO" but that was also in
the
> > zipped Winrar format. So when I extracted that one it became a folder
> > called "Knoppix_V3.9-2005-05-27-EN" which contained 3 autorun files, an
> > index file and a file called cdrom and two further folders called "Boot"
and
> > "Knoppix"
> The file you need to download and burn to disk is
> "Knoppix_V3.9-2005-05-27-EN.ISO" and be sure to burn as an ISO. In both
> popular CD burning applications in Windows, Nero and Roxio, there is an
> option to burn as an ISO. The CD will then be bootable.
>
> JohnA
>

To John and Peter, thanks for your replies. I now have a better picture of
what went wrong. For some reason when I downloaded from the mirror site my
software defaulted to save as a winrar archive file as yet I have no idea
why.

I'll try downloading it again.

"johnA" <jander01ATtiscaliDOTcoDOTuk> wrote in message
news:4366a498_3@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
> angel wrote:
>
> >
> > I recently inherited a computer to which I wanted to try out the Linux
OS
> > and so I downloaded the Knoppix OS from one of the mirror sites. It
came in
> > the "Winrar" zipped format. When I extracted the files, it extracted
into
> > one file called "Knoppix_V3.9-2005-05-27-EN.ISO" but that was also in
the
> > zipped Winrar format. So when I extracted that one it became a folder
> > called "Knoppix_V3.9-2005-05-27-EN" which contained 3 autorun files, an
> > index file and a file called cdrom and two further folders called "Boot"
and
> > "Knoppix"
> The file you need to download and burn to disk is
> "Knoppix_V3.9-2005-05-27-EN.ISO" and be sure to burn as an ISO. In both
> popular CD burning applications in Windows, Nero and Roxio, there is an
> option to burn as an ISO. The CD will then be bootable.
>
> JohnA
>

To John and Peter, thanks for your replies. I now have a better picture of
what went wrong. For some reason when I downloaded from the mirror site my
software defaulted to save as a winrar archive file as yet I have no idea
why.

I'll try downloading it again.