Burning Mandrake CD

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Hello People!


I have decided to install Mandrake Linux. I went to Distromania, and downloaded Madrake Linux 10.2 RP1 . It comes in a RAR file. So I use WinRAR to uncompress it. When I finish uncompressing the three files, I have millions of files... Which ones should I burn to a CD? Where is the Iso to burn??? PLEASE HELP...


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can someone help pleazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz????
its really frustrating noit knowing what to do with does rar files...

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LET ME RESTATE THE QUESTION in case you misunderstood

im sure all of you guys using linux can solve this and help me



well, this morning i decided to convert to linux from WIN XP. i went to distromania and downloaded the three cd's for Mandrake Linux 10.2 RP1. When they finished downloading, i noticed they were all in .RAR files. So i uncompressed them... There were lots of filess...


1. Did i do the right thing?
2. Should i just burn the whole .RAR file?
3. Where is the ISO?
4. What should i burn?
5. Im completely clueless.... Can you help me?

[dsethuraman]

hi - welcome to the linux world.
mandrake 10.2 is a beta version - not yet released for general use. hence, as a first time user, you should avoid it . instead use the latesest stable version which is 10.1. choose the official version. you can download the iso from here:
http://iso.linuxquestions.org/distro.php?distro=3
the files are .iso files and can be burnt with usual cd burners without trouble.

you may also wish to try this distro - it is only one cd and the migration from windows to this distro is effortless and it seems to work out of the box and needs very little configuration.
www.elxlinux.com - elxlinux biz 4.0. it is again a free download.