How to Create a Mandrake 8.2 bootable CD

[caribsoul]

I go to the Mandrake web site, find the downloadable old versions, but can't find any logical guidance on how to create a bootable CD from the files available. Which files do I download? How do I create a bootable CD?...incidentally, I tried Mandrake 9.0, and it didn't have any drivers that would work on my old PC, with either a Rendition Verite 1000 chipset or a Matrox Millenium video card. Now I'm looking for a Linux version that will work. I had a RH 6.2 version that installed OK, but wouldn't run right...would not shutdown, kept corrupting itself, wouldn't boot into KDE or GNU, kept going back to command line....and I don't know **** about UNIX commands...DOS commands I can handle, but UNIX commands are cryptic....don't want to use command line anyway....haven't had to since Win95.....any help will be appreciated. Thanks.

[jglen490]

Creating a CD from downloaded .iso images is handled a lot in this forum. Please do a search as the specific instructions will vary depending on the CD writing package that you use and the platform that you use it on.

When you install Mandrake, the best process to use IMHO is the "Expert" install mode. It gives you greater control over the process while presenting you with decent defaults. One of the things that the later versions of Mandrake do very well is installing X. It will give you a choice of XFree86 versions to install and wwill allow you to test those installations to ensure that you have the right version for your video card with a proper driver. Again, IMHO, you should use the most recent distro version that you can get your hands on -- even with older hardware. The support gets better with age, except for perhaps very ancient and proprietary video and audio hardware.

As for learning Linux and Unix commands, there are on-line sites, but they don't do much good if you can't get to them for some reason. Get a good general Linux book or two such as Running Linux or Linux In A Nutshell , both from O'Reilly.

Hope this info helps. If not, come on back and give someone else a try :) !

[pauper]

These questions have already been answered under your duplicate post in the installation help forum. Please check there for the answer. ;)