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Linux Installation Tips
 Current distributions of linux are easy to install. Similar to Windows, you can often boot to CD (after you change boot sequence in BIOS) and install linux by that method. You can look on the web sites of any of the distributions to get detailed information on installing linux.

Following are the steps to create a "Boot-Install" floppy for Linux if you can't boot from the CD.

1. Place the CD in the drive of a Windows machine
2. Place a new, formatted floppy disk in the drive
3. Open up the "Command Prompt" or "DOS Shell"
4. Change directory (cd) to x:\dosutils where 'x' is the drive letter
of the CD ROM drive
5. Execute the program RAWRITE.EXE
6. You will be asked the drive letter of your floppy drive
7. You will be asked for the name of the 'Image file'. For this, you
enter:
\images\boot.img (Don't forget the first back slash)
8. The floppy disk will be created.