[snip] > On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 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 ??? > > You need to burn the 4 CDs to media. The first one will be bootable. > Once you boot using the first CD it will walk you through the install > process. [snip] It seems often the case, as it was for me, that you also need to burn a 5th CD using an iso image within the first CDs ISO image to get the initial bootable CD. (I think it was /images/boot.iso) Graham