Xandros Installtion Guide
Pre-Install
The following guide explains how to DUAL BOOT Xandros and Windows.
The guide is provided free and without any warranty of any kind so ATown.org and all related people can not be responsible for anything in any manner.
Use at your own risk, and back up all data.
Downloading and Burning
1) Download and install BitTorrent
here. This is really easy, and there really isnt anything to say.
2) Start your free Xandros download by clicking
here. (make sure BitTorrent is installed)
The BitTorrent program will pop up and ask you where to save. Go ahead and save
to any place, just remember.
The downloading will take about an hour to two hours on a high speed connection.
Go watch some TV!
3) After Xandros is downloaded, unzip the Xandros zip file (xandros-302-oce-installation.zip)
with your favorite unzipping program.
4) Burn the xandros ISO file to a cd. Be sure you burn this as a bootable ISO
image or it will not work...
Here's how to do it in CDBURNERXP:
a] Open up the program and select "Create a new Data-CD/RW, Date-DVD/RW, Video-DVD or create and/or burn an ISO image. You can also erase a disc or convert and ISO image."
b] Select FILE > Write a disk from ISO File...
c] Broswe for the xandros ISO file.
d] Once you got a blank cdr inseted, click "Write Disc"
e] It may take a while to burn. But when it does, move on.
BIOS Work
Here's the part where you might need your computer instructions (look for boot sequence in your motherboard booklet).
With all computers, you will have to press a certain key on your keyboard when you see your computer's manufactor right after turning on. You will probably have press it more than one times. Here's what my computer looks like. It will say something like "F12 - Setup" or "Press F5 for setup". That will tell you what key to press mulitple times.
Here's where you would press
that key. In this case, press F1.
Now, after a lot of pushing you will see the BIOS menu. Dont expect anything fancy!
Now you will have to look around
for the boot options. Refer to your instructions or just mess around until you
find it.
For the first boot device, select
CD-ROM.
For the second device select HARD DISK. If you have 2 drives, it will probably
be Hard Disk 0.
Now hit ESC untill you are back to the main menu. Choose something like SAVE or EXIT AND SAVE.
Now exit the BIOS.
YOUR DONE!
Booting
Now insert the Xandros cdrom you burned and restart the computer.
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