__/ [ [H]omer ] on Wednesday 03 January 2007 05:38 \__
> amosf © Tim Fairchild wrote:
>> 3than7@xxxxxxxxx (flatfish) wrote:
>>
>>> I downloaded teh .iso file for PCLinuxOS bigdaddy? what ever the
>>> biggest version is.
>>> I burned to ,iso file to a blank cd using Alchohol 120%
>>> Upon rebooting my computer, i pressed F12 and chose boot from CD
>>> The screen went totally black. IT did NOT boot PCLINUXOS as i hoped,
>>> it went back to the bios boot screen, and continued to boot windows XP
>>> as normal?
>>>
>>> what am i doing wrong!?
>
> Same thing as last time flatty.
>
> Try taking the disc out of the toaster, and put it in the PC instead.
>
>> Have a look at the cd. did it burn files to it correctly, or does it just
>> have an *.iso file on the disk? (that won't work).
>>
>> Windows burn utilities seem very dumb in this area.
>
> No more so than its users.
When I first sat this thread I thought, hmmm.... Gary's only knowledge of
Linux is "PCLOX is kewl", yet no followup from Gary? Well... then he must be
in disguise. A look at the wording (first sentence was enough) made it
clearer...
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