Knoppix HDD install - i have no working linux.. winxp

[outlawX]

Hi all,
I jus got Knoppix iso file on dvd and asked my friend to burn but he recorded it as ISO file.. i mean the cd-rom shows " KNOPPIX_V3.2-2003-06-06-EN.iso " ..
So i want to do a HDD install.. i m a newbie and dont know what is this DEBIAN (or smthing)... i read many tutorials regd. this but everyone said "Load into your existing linux and mount...."
But the problem is i dont have a linux os.. i have both winxp and win98 .. i have a 40 gb HDD with equal partitions (fat32). i hope that'll do..
So please help me!
Thanks in advance
Bye

[outlawX]

I have already extracted the ISO file (with winrar) on c:/knoppix ..
I think (please dont laugh it off.. i m a newbie) that if i load linux from the bootable disk (from mkfloppy.bat) and giving it the file path of knoppix on hdd instead on cd.. but the problem is HOW?

Bye

[fingers99]

Bestbet, get your friend to burn the iso as an image.

[mr_ed]

It would also help to get a newer version of Knoppix - 3.8 hasn't been officially released yet, so you want KNOPPIX_V3.7-2004-12-08-EN.iso.

-- Ed

[djbjrca]

also if possible, have your firend burn it just onto a CDR or CDRW. When I tried it on DVD, it didn't work.