Corel Linux

[markma]

Hi!
I would like to install Corel Linux but I don't have access to a CD-writer and I do not wish to order
it. Is it possible to install from HD after I have extracted the contents of the .iso file on to my
c: drive?
Thanks

[optech]

well, first off, i wouldn't myself install corel linux... but that's your choice...
i'd recomend installing Mandrake or Slackware if you want to get into Linux.

go to www.linuxiso.org (http://www.linuxiso.org) to get the ISO file
and goto www.isobuster.com (http://www.isobuster.com) to get a program that will open an ISO file like you would open a zip or tar file.

if your distro's install will run from windows, then go nuts... or you might have to make some boot disks and install from HD

[Tyr-7BE]

Absolutely. It's possible to install after extracting the ISO's, but not always easy. If it's just one ISO, extract it and you should be fine. If it's 2 or more ISO's, that's when things start getting mildly strange. Example: I have 2 Mandrake 7.2 CD's. One contains the files for the base install, and the other contains various software packages. Each CD has an ISO written to it (blame my moron of a roommate...me: "while you're home for the weekend do you think you could burn these two ISO's for me?" Weiner: "sure no problem". I get them back after the weekend with an ISO on each CD...but that's beside the point). Now CD1 contains some software, CD2 contains the majority of it. CD1's software is in a directory called RPMS, and CD2's software is in a directory called RPMS2. In order to successfully install from my harddrive, I must move all the files from the RPMS2 directory into the RPMS directory.
Here's the general rule: if the directory structure on your harddrive is identical to the directory structure on the FTP site, you're good to go.
And personally, I recommend Mandrake 7.2 for the newbie, but that's just me :)

[ 26 February 2001: Message edited by: Tyr-7BE ]