[SOLVED] Installation

[dudiblah]

Hello there i am completely new to linux and using it, etc. But anyway I have downloaded the live cd with fed. 13 on it and burned it to a cd-r disk, now i have read up and watched several video's on how to install it and havent really gotten anywhere at all. now i am currently running windows 7 alienware on the computer i want to install it on. but i cant seem to get it to the point where i can get the install menu up. how do i do this?

[jayd512]

Hello and Welcome!

What steps have you taken or tried to get the installation started?
Normally you should find an installer program either on the desktop or in one of the system menus.

Did the installer start and then fail at some point? If so, could you provide some further details about any errors that may have come up?

[dudiblah]

well see thats the thing i dont even know how to get the installation to start all of the files cannot be read by my computer there are several folders on this disk that include efi, isolinux, live os and gpl. is there some sort of special program to read these files and get them to work?

[oz]

well see thats the thing i dont even know how to get the installation to start all of the files cannot be read by my computer there are several folders on this disk that include efi, isolinux, live os and gpl. is there some sort of special program to read these files and get them to work?

Hello and welcome to the forums!

Not certain, but it sounds like you've not burned the iso file to disk as an image. Check this HowTo for all the steps needed to get this done properly, then post back if you continue to have problems:

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

[dudiblah]

im almost certain i burned the disc as an image i used a mac to burn it but i shall try it again.

[oz]

im almost certain i burned the disc as an image i used a mac to burn it but i shall try it again.

You may have burned it correctly but some file(s) might have become corrupted during the process. Sometimes, users error by extracting the iso file, then copying the resulting folder/files to the disk. However, that won't work. Also, be sure you don't make the disk bootable yourself because the iso burning process does the extraction and it makes the disk bootable automatically.

[jayd512]

Random thought here...
Are you rebooting with the disk in the computer? Or are you inserting the disk and opening the files from your current OS?

[MikeTbob]

Random thought here...
Are you rebooting with the disk in the computer? Or are you inserting the disk and opening the files from your current OS?

And make sure the machine is set to boot from the CD/DVD first.

[dudiblah]

well i got the install up and i dont have an old version of linux to right over, where should i install it and how would i go about doing that?

[oz]

Most installs are menu driven, so you simply follow the prompts picking options as you go, and complete the install. You can, however, do your partitioning in advance if you wish, then you direct the installer to use the partitions that you've already created.