Heeelp I have downloadet the free version of knoppix

**yaguar35** · 09-19-2004, 12:51 AM

I have downloadet the free version of knoppix and burned on a cd and nothing is happen, when I click on it it opens easy cd creator. What is happen? I have windows xp and pentium 4 pc. What I did wrong? Why it say`s! knoppix easy cd creator image? What means thath? Thanks for your help, yaguar35

**firebyrd10** · 09-19-2004, 12:57 AM

Originally Posted by yaguar35

I have downloadet the free version of knoppix and burned on a cd and nothing is happen, when I click on it it opens easy cd creator. What is happen? I have windows xp and pentium 4 pc. What I did wrong? Why it say`s! knoppix easy cd creator image? What means thath? Thanks for your help, yaguar35

Make sure you burn it as an image (or ISO) Should be an option to burn a disk image.

**yaguar35** · 09-19-2004, 01:06 AM

oh my goodness, that`s why, i made a normal data cd, and have deleted the file on my pc, now I have to download the whole file again, ooops, i amd a greenhorn in this, never did this befor, thanks for your fast responce. Ilana,

yaguar35

**firebyrd10** · 09-19-2004, 01:21 AM

Originally Posted by yaguar35

oh my goodness, that`s why, i made a normal data cd, and have deleted the file on my pc, now I have to download the whole file again, ooops, i amd a greenhorn in this, never did this befor, thanks for your fast responce. Ilana,

yaguar35

If you still have the cd you can just copy it off of that.

(BTW its not just you, lots of people have/had this problem.

)

**yaguar35** · 09-19-2004, 08:18 PM

Hi finally I could finished the right burning as an cd image, but now windows xp tells me, it cannot open the file, I guess i give up, I don`t no what to do now. I guess i distroyed now two cd`s. Pleeease help. Ilana.

**firebyrd10** · 09-19-2004, 09:18 PM

When you downloaded there should have been a file the ends with .md5 of the same name.

Download it in the same directory as the iso then run verify on this program.

If there is an error then something is wrong with the file and you need to redownload.

http://md5summer.org/

**j.drake** · 09-19-2004, 09:25 PM

Originally Posted by yaguar35

Hi finally I could finished the right burning as an cd image, but now windows xp tells me, it cannot open the file, I guess i give up, I don`t no what to do now. I guess i distroyed now two cd`s. Pleeease help. Ilana.

Windows XP shouldn't be trying to open it. You need to boot from the CD. IOW, put the CD in, and restart, and Knoppix loads from the CD. You may need to change your BIOS settings if your computer is not set up to boot from CD. By the time Windows XP loads, it's too late to boot.

jd

**firebyrd10** · 09-19-2004, 09:34 PM

Originally Posted by j.drake

Originally Posted by yaguar35

Hi finally I could finished the right burning as an cd image, but now windows xp tells me, it cannot open the file, I guess i give up, I don`t no what to do now. I guess i distroyed now two cd`s. Pleeease help. Ilana.

Windows XP shouldn't be trying to open it. You need to boot from the CD. IOW, put the CD in, and restart, and Knoppix loads from the CD. You may need to change your BIOS settings if your computer is not set up to boot from CD. By the time Windows XP loads, it's too late to boot.

jd

I really have to read each post twice now, yet again I misunderstood.

**yaguar35** · 09-19-2004, 09:42 PM

Hi, I can only download the file who ends with iso, but all the others who end with md5 is only opening a script without downloading.
and only 3.4 lets me download, the first one in the list, all the others is only a script, I don`t no why?
To click on the link you put for me in there on this one?

http://md5summer.org/

also I don`t no what is: BIOS??? aND HOW TO CHANGE? I don`t understand much with computers, am a greenhorn. And right, I have downloadet probably the wrong file but the other file are only text. thanks again, Ilana.

**yaguar35** · 09-20-2004, 01:00 AM

Hi here am again. I did everything like it should be done, I have redownloadet the whole file, and now the newest one, I also have downloadet what you sent in your link to me, I have again burned it to the cd, as iso image, but always win xp try`s to open it and my pc is now full with errors`,. I don`t want to mass up my pc, yesterday he broke down and to day it was a long time impossible to turn him on, he even turned for seconds the light of in my room and than he shut down from alone. I have windos xp home edition, I have also lcd monitor, so all what i did and tried it will not work. So here i need really help, that someone really can explain me exactly what to do and what not to do, cause i want to try knoppix.