Fwd: Help for a Newbie

[Net Llama!]

No, what you did is fine.  Assuming that you told winXP to do the right 
thing, the CD should be bootable now.

On Fri, 9 Feb 2007, Kirk wrote:

> I downloaded the iso on a Windows XP machine, burned CD of the iso, then put
> it on the RH machine.  I don't have a CD burner on the RH machine.  Is there
> something else I should have done on the XP?  Should I not have burned the
> iso to a CD?
>
> On 2/9/07, Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
>> 
>> On Fri, 9 Feb 2007, Kirk wrote:
>> > Since I have the CDs, I installed RH 7.2.  I know its old.  I want to
>> > install Ubuntu to check it out.  I downloaded the ISO and copied it to
>> > /root.  Would someone tell me what to do with it now, or provide a site
>> that
>> > gives me steps to install?  I've Googled and searched for commands or
>> > instructions, but it seems that a certain amount of experience or
>> knowledge
>> > is assumed, which I don't have yet.
>> 
>> Insert CDR(W) into CD burner
>> as root, run "cdrecord -v ubuntu.iso"
>> 
>> boot off the CD.
>>

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