about to install mandrake on my laptop..any advice?

[piski]

Hey everybody, I am trying to install mandrake linux onto my laptop. I have created a partition for it already but the last time that I tried to install it the second two cds were corrupted or something. I tried anyways and all that came up on the screen was a bunch of lines and thats it..was it something i did??

let me know thanks

kyle

 

[n0cmonkey]

Don't use corrupted cds. Check the md5sums before you burn them.

 

[piski]

i tried to do the MD5SUM before. how do i do it...i tried from the command prompt and it didnt work

 

[xcript]

md5sum -c foo.md5

 

[piski]

alright thanks! do i have to be in that directory to run the check? i would assume so

 

[n0cmonkey]

If you are in the directory that contains the iso, just do the command above. If not, just a complete path name.
md5sum -c c:\path\to\foo.iso

Not sure it will work, but you can try it.

 

[piski]

did i get the right mandrake? I got mandrake 10.0 i586.. I have a pc

 

[n0cmonkey]

It's made for the pentium and up.

 

[piski]

i have burned cd1 of mandrake 10. The pc wont boot from it. If I click on the cd in windows, a window pops up allowing me to click on a install mandrake linux button. I do that and the computer restarts and goes straight back to windows

whats going on here?
k

 

[xcript]

Did you set the boot order to CDROM -> HDD0 ?

 

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