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Hi everyone. I'm Nick, a silver surfer intending to convert one Athlon Pc and a laptop to Linux... So far with very little success! I'll browse the forum to see ...
  1. 06-09-2009 #1
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    Angry Another green Newbie has arrived...

    Hi everyone.
    I'm Nick, a silver surfer intending to convert one Athlon Pc and a laptop to Linux... So far with very little success!
    I'll browse the forum to see what I can learn, but meantime let me tell you all that I've burnt 5 distro's so far, and failed with them all...
    Thanks Ozar for the welcome mail.
    Regards all, Nick.
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  2. 06-09-2009 #2
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    Welcome aboard... you can check this HowTo for instructions on properly downloading and burning the ISO files to disk as images:

    http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ins...ll-cd-dvd.html

    If after following all the steps provided in the HowTo you are still having problems, post back and maybe someone can help.
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  3. 06-09-2009 #3
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    Probably the burn

    Thanks Oz. Great link, and I'll read it a couple of times...
    I think My prob is in burning at 24X, so I'll do it at 4X - its the slowest I've got.
    Cheers, Nick.
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  4. 06-09-2009 #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by nick524 View Post
    Hi everyone.
    I'm Nick, a silver surfer intending to convert one Athlon Pc and a laptop to Linux... So far with very little success!
    I'll browse the forum to see what I can learn, but meantime let me tell you all that I've burnt 5 distro's so far, and failed with them all...
    Thanks Ozar for the welcome mail.
    Regards all, Nick.
    Hallo and welcome.
    You said you failed with all distros? In which sense? Which ones did you try.
    How?(LiveCD or HD-Install,..).

    What did you want to do? - tell us so we can help you
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  5. 06-09-2009 #5
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    Welcome to the forums. A 4X burn usually gives you a better burn on Windows, so hopefully you get better results.
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  6. 06-09-2009 #6
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    HI and welcome nick. I don't know what area you live in, but i got started in linux by using the live cd in linux format magazine, it's been well worth the cost of the magazine.....2 years linux now with NO camplaints. also linux pro magazine has live cd's in every issue, I have a collection of them now. just a thought.
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    Welcome to the forums Nick

    Check download is correct, make sure you select burn image to disk (at lowest speed), check cd integrity if you get the option at boot

    Keep trying ... you will get there in the end
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  8. 06-12-2009 #8
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    Welcome Nick, it would be useful for Newbies to create say PDF guides from installation to startup
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    Quote Originally Posted by mrman View Post
    it would be useful for Newbies to create say PDF guides from installation to startup
    To many distros are different.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mikesd View Post
    To many distros are different.
    Many things may be different but some are the same because most do have dualboot with windows and so preparing the harddisk would be part one and checking some LiveCDs part two.

    So the NewBees would have to start to ask when the decision for the distro is already made.
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