[ronsh]

ok i will have to go buy one so how do i do it?

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Start by downloading Lucid Puppy Linux (lupu-528.005.iso - 132 MB) from here or here.

Next, burn the downloaded "iso" file to DVD disc by following these instructions:

• Download ImgBurn from here.
• Install the software then start ImgBurn.
• Select "Write Image file to disk" then under "Source" click on the "folder icon" to the right and select the "lupu-528.005.iso" file location.
• Click on this icon to "Start."

• Finally, insert the newly created DVD disc into your laptop and power on.
• Start pressing the F12 key when the Dell Logo is seen.
• Select cd/dvd/cd-rw from the Boot Menu.
• If Puppy Linux starts up and begins to load, then you know that the DVDROM drive is functioning.

Please let us know.

[bchurch]

Start by downloading Lucid Puppy Linux (lupu-528.005.iso - 132 MB) from here or here.

Next, burn the downloaded "iso" file to DVD disc by following these instructions:

• Download ImgBurn from here.
• Install the software then start ImgBurn.
• Select "Write Image file to disk" then under "Source" click on the "folder icon" to the right and select the "lupu-528.005.iso" file location.
• Click on this icon to "Start."

• Finally, insert the newly created DVD disc into your laptop and power on.
• Start pressing the F12 key when the Dell Logo is seen.
• Select cd/dvd/cd-rw from the Boot Menu.
• If Puppy Linux starts up and begins to load, then you know that the DVDROM drive is functioning.

Please let us know.

[ronsh]

ok i got a dvd+r and dvd-r recordable 4.7gb/go 16x 120min which one should i use?

[ronsh]

sorry for asking so many question i really dont know a [bleep] of alot about computers

[bchurch]

Try the dvd-r recordable.

[ronsh]

ok

[ronsh]

ok i did thelucid puppy thing and when i go into write image file to disk and than to source and than folder icon its saying that the lupu-528.005.iso cannot be found

[ronsh]

i put the disk into my laptop and a screen popped up saying open files i clicked on that and another one popped up with a bunch of stuff on it so im assuming that it burned something onto the disk but i didnt see anything on it aboutpuppy linux or the lupu-528.005.iso file

[ronsh]

if the cd/dvd rom was working if i installed a music cd into should it play? even though im getting that error message?

[bchurch]

ronsh,

i put the disk into my laptop and a screen popped up saying open files

Does your Laptop start up into normal Windows? By all of your other accounts, the computer has been unbootable.

[ronsh]

the laptop that has been in question with the error message no it doesnt when i turn it on the first thing i see is the error message and nothing else and no matter what ive tried i keep getting the same thing

[bchurch]

A music CD will not work.

If you think that you created the Puppy Linux DVD correctly, try to boot the computer with it; pressing F12 at start-up to bring up the Boot Menu.

If the DVDROM is working, the computer should load the Linux operating system from the DVD.

[ronsh]

yea i did that pressed f12 got the cd/dvd option clicked on it and it bought me right back to the error page this is so frustrating

[bchurch]

OK, let's shift gears.

When you turn on your computer and continually tap the F8 key, an Advanced Boot Options Menu should appear.

(1.) Can you bring up this menu?

(2.) Is there a Repair Your Computer option on that menu?

[ronsh]

no it doesnt come up i turn it on i get the dell logo tap f8 continually and it brings me to the error page