On Thursday 07 October 2004 11:02, Don Cavaiani wrote: > I have downloaded the 4 large CD images to my PC hard drive (XP). I also > have a copy of UltraISO which is able to display the actual files under the > CD Image files. I know I need to create some kind of a Boot CD or Floppy, > but I have not found a clear explanation yet. I expect that if I can boot > into Linux, then I will need to use "parted" to create a small FAT32 > partition, and the Linux partition ........and then load the entire Linux > O/S ??? Are you intending to dual-boot with another OS or are you building a standalone system? If you are going to do a network or other kind of media less install, then you need to at least burn the boot.iso file located on CD #1 onto a CD and boot from it then specifying the location of the iso files.