[olug] Mandriva 10.1 install

[Nate]

I don't actually know how to use the Md5sum. 
Also the size of the files I downloaded correspond with the files sizes 
given by the download server.

thanks,
Nate

John Moran wrote:

>Make sure Sonic didn't just move the .iso to the disk instead of
>actually putting the CD image on the disk.
>
>On 4/30/05, Nate <tbrownarcher at cox.net> wrote:
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>>K.J.Kirwan.
>>I have had this problem with certain distros before but I have also had
>>success too ... for instance the puter I'm trying to put this on has
>>Mandrake 10.0 on it.  I have had in the past certain distros of Red had
>>and Suse.. I have never had success with any Debian and have had
>>problems with both Red Hat and Mandrake also but I usually have no
>>problem.
>>I'm basicly a 6 year old NEW user because I don't use it enough to
>>become familiar enough with it.
>>
>>the computers I have are all 3 running XP.  The one I'm trying to put it
>>on is however a 300 mhz DIT special about 4 years old but works fine
>>having had a 15 gig partition with XP and a 15 gig partition with
>>Mandrake 10.
>>
>>I actually suspect that I have done something wrong in the download of
>>the 3 disks.  I downloaded them with a 2.8 ghz Del machine.  I burned
>>them with a software called Sonic which came with the Del machine which
>>is 2 weeks old or less.
>>
>>Thank you for the reply ,
>>Nate
>>
>>
>>K.J. Kirwan wrote:
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>>>Hi Nate,
>>>
>>>Always good to see another Mandrake/Mandriva user.
>>>
>>>Your problem is in two parts:
>>>(1) Are you making good disks?
>>>(2) Are your PCs able to use a bootable disk?
>>>
>>>Since (1) is hard to do (and prove!) from Windows, and
>>>(2) is either easy or impossible,
>>>how about if I burn you a set to get you started?
>>>Call me to arrange pickup/delivery, 981-1860.
>>>
>>>Kim
>>>
>>>
>>>Nate wrote:
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>>>>I downloaded Mandriva 10.1 (3 iso images) and cannot get them to boot on
>>>>any of my 3 windows machines.  can someone tell me if I downloaded the
>>>>right stuff or If I have some other problem?  The file names are.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Mandrakelinux-13.1-Official-Download-CD1.i586
>>>>
>>>>Mandrakelinux-10.1-Official-Download-CD2.i586
>>>>
>>>>Mandrakelinux-10.1-Official-Download-CD3.i586
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