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Installing Centos Linux on a Windows XP desktop
Hello,
I'm not sure from where I got the CentOS download, nor if it is an ISO image. These are the folders the DVD has;
EFI
isolinux
LiveOS
GPL
Do these folders look to be the ISO image?
The best solution is possibly to burn the DVD again, but when I went to
I created/burned a DVD with CentOS http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/5/isos/i386/
I find a jungle of files.
My second question is; where shall I go (URL) to burn an ISO image of CentOS?
I actually found the site I used (in my notes), it is;
http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/distributions/centos/6.3/isos/i386/CentOS-6.3-i386-LiveDVD.iso
It is an ISO image. How then do I install it?
For better or worse, this is what I have done. I had Window XP on a Gateway machine, which I deleted and formatted my hard drive.
My thought was that I could pop in the CentOS DVD and install the Linux OS, but no such luck.
I searched the internet for instruction as to how to install Linux on the Windows machine.
I found this site; http://www.renewablepcs.com/about-linux/how-to-install-linux
Third and final question; Is there a better site to follow?
I'm not sure from where I got the CentOS download, nor if it is an ISO image. These are the folders the DVD has;
EFI
isolinux
LiveOS
GPL
Do these folders look to be the ISO image?
The best solution is possibly to burn the DVD again, but when I went to
I created/burned a DVD with CentOS http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/5/isos/i386/
I find a jungle of files.
My second question is; where shall I go (URL) to burn an ISO image of CentOS?
I actually found the site I used (in my notes), it is;
http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/distributions/centos/6.3/isos/i386/CentOS-6.3-i386-LiveDVD.iso
It is an ISO image. How then do I install it?
For better or worse, this is what I have done. I had Window XP on a Gateway machine, which I deleted and formatted my hard drive.
My thought was that I could pop in the CentOS DVD and install the Linux OS, but no such luck.
I searched the internet for instruction as to how to install Linux on the Windows machine.
I found this site; http://www.renewablepcs.com/about-linux/how-to-install-linux
Third and final question; Is there a better site to follow?
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I get a boot failure, so I think the bios are instructed to boot from the floppy. My fault.
I'll change the bios, and double check or redo the DVD
I'm sure to have other questions. I have other pressing matter, so this will be a slow install.
Please monitor for my questions.
Thanks