On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 10:35:26PM -0400, Dov Oxenberg wrote: > Hello, > > Please pardon me if I appear amateurish but I am new to Linux (long time > Windows user) and am trying to get Debian installed and running. > > Today I tried using the suggested netinst method but for some reason it is > not working for me. I downloaded the ISO file, and extracted the file > with WinImage then burned the extracted files to a CD. When I boot with > the CD in the drive nothing happens and the system just boots to > Windows. I even tried burning the ISO file itself to CD and booting with > that but still no joy. What am I missing here? > I did notice after extracting the files contained in the ISO image the > .bin files are in subdirectories...do I need to move these to the root of > the CD I wish to boot from? > > I also am attempting to use the .jigdo method....but don't completely > understand what I need to do once I have all six files. > > Thanks for any help and guidance. > > Cheers! >
You've had several suggestions re burning the ISO image; let me add one other thing that you have probably done, but just in case... In order to boot from even a correctly burned image, you have to tweak your BIOS settings to boot from the CD first. This is done from the BIOS setup screens; you access these by hitting [Del] or some other key during bootup. Sorry for the simple-minded suggestion if you've already done this, but in the spirit of "is the appliance switched on?"... -- Martin Hillyer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
