First Build Suggestions - Page 5

Neal_C · 05-25-2007, 08:44 PM

You need to download it and burn the .ISO to a cd. Knoppix is a "Live" version of Linux which means you can run it off the CD without installing anything.

Change your BIOS settings to boot from cd/dvd first instead of the hard drive. Put the disc in and reboot. It will boot from the disc and give you the option to run Knoppix or do other things...one of those other things will be Memtest. Run it.

Depending on the mobo and bios, the options for timings may be hidden. On my Gigabyte DS3 I have to push CTRL-F1 at the main Bios menu and then I have timing options. If I dont' push those buttons, my timings options are hidden.

bobbyg2 · 05-25-2007, 09:23 PM

I can't find a .iso file...

EDIT:
This is annoying... I can't find a .iso file anywhere.

Chris · 05-25-2007, 10:09 PM

Did you try looking through the links at distrowatch.com ?

bobbyg2 · 05-25-2007, 10:59 PM

I'm downloading KNOPPIX_V5.1.1CD-2007-01-04-EN.iso from knoppix.com.

Tell me if I'm downloading the wrong thing please!

EDIT:
The download failed...

Neal_C · 05-26-2007, 01:19 AM

Try downloading Ubuntu: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

It will have memtest on the .iso as well.

bobbyg2 · 05-26-2007, 02:21 AM

Just copy the whole thing to a CD?

Alright. I Used Win RAR to unpack it, and now I put them all in a folder. What should I do now? Just copy everything in the folder, and paste it inside of a CD?

Neal_C · 05-26-2007, 07:41 AM

You want to download the .iso image and then burn that image to a cd or dvd. You don't want to unpack the contents. Just burn the image to a cd.

bobbyg2 · 05-26-2007, 07:05 PM

Then boot from it? What do I do after I boot from it?

Neal_C · 05-26-2007, 07:30 PM

Burn the .iso and leave the cd in the drive. Reboot your computer and go into the Bios and make the cd/dvd drive the first boot priority. Exit the bios and when it reboots, it will read the cd first and should give you some options one of which should be to run Memtest.

bobbyg2 · 05-26-2007, 08:35 PM

"BOOT FROM CD FAILED!"

Patrick Sun · 05-26-2007, 10:40 PM

You're probably not correctly burning the ISO file to the CD. It's not simply burning the ISO file to the CD, but finding the "burn image" option and then point the burning program to the *.ISO file, and then the CD being burned will have the bootup files burnt to it after reading what's inside the ISO file.

For example: I still use Nero 6.0, and to burn an ISO file, I click "Recorder" and then select "burn image..." and then point to the ISO file that I want to burn to the CD. Your CD burning program should have similar ISO burning capabilities.

bobbyg2 · 05-26-2007, 11:58 PM

What's a good, free, .IMG burner?

Patrick Sun · 05-27-2007, 12:55 AM

You may have to try out a few here.