Mandrake 10 ISO files...

[Cobra]

I just downloaded the three ISO files for Mandrake Linux 10. CD2 and CD3 are fine - both are recognised as CD images. However, CD1 is appearing as a .i586 file and Nero will not accept it as an image file, even though it should be.

Has anyone else seen this before?

Many thanks,

Cobra

[Garibaldi]

I'm not sure that this will help but you could just try renaming it as .img or .iso. I know that some things I have downloaded require you to change the file type for them to work correctly. I know also that IE creates a directory within the temp internet files called something like i586, maybe they are related. Also, I have just started using linux, using Knoppix, the run from cd environment. Its great. Would you strongly recommend Mandrake over Knoppix? If so, can it be run from live cd as well seeing that my main hd is ntsf?

[gitreel]

Did you dowload the 32 bit or 64 bit?

It sounds like 64 bit.

That may be why.

[ViRaL1]

i586 (Pentium) series was still 32-bit. How large is the file and what mirror did you get it from?

[gitreel]

i586 (Pentium) series was still 32-bit. How large is the file and what mirror did you get it from?

I had never heard of the pentium 1 being called a 586.

[ViRaL1]

Actually it was originally going to be the 586. This was back during the time that Intel was trying to bar AMD from using it's x86 naming scheme. Intel changed to Pentium to ensure that there would be no confusion. Even after it's release it was still referred to in some circles as a 586. As well, the Pentium II is also referred to at times as the 686. You can still find older links out there with references to it.

[gitreel]

Ok. You learn something every day.

Thanx.

I had always just heard them being referred to pentium 1,2,3,&4.

[ViRaL1]

The other names fell by the wayside. Not many people even say x86 anymore, unless they're comparing PCs to Macs or RISC chips. I have to admit, it would be kind of boring if we were up to 886 processors now. I think the name change naming scheme change was a good idea but they've fallen in the same rut, at least up until the Itanium.

[Cobra]

Garibaldi, you were right. The solution is simply to add ".iso" to the end of the filename.

I have now installed it and it seems to be very fast, stable and flexible. I have tried Mandrake 9.2 (unstable) and Fedora Core 2 (too complicated in parts for a newbie like me) - Mandrake 10 seems to be working nicely.

My next challenge is to get nVidia drivers to work on Linux. I seem to remember having a nightmare installing them the last time on Fedora, and I never managed it in the end.

You can also get MandrakeMove which is a CD-form OS.

The download mirror for Mandrake 10 and MandrakeMove is here:

http://www.teledyn.com/node/view/413

I'd suggest a package like Lightning Download to get it down - you can stop and start as you please.

Now to go and play with it! I'm in Windows just now to copy all my backup stuff across my home network - I re-installed Windows to make it nice and fast again.

Cobra

[gitreel]

I am running Fedora Core 2.

It is nice

[Cobra]

Grub stopped Windows from booting. A friend sorted out the MBR but I just got rid of it.

I still have the DVD though.

[gitreel]

Where did you put the linux boot loader?

Grub works fine on my fedora core 2/windows xp sp2 machine.

[Cobra]

Bootloader went on the MBR. It worked fine, but Windows wouldn't load.

I'm not sure what happened - I became this fast-moving blur screaming down to my mate's room...