I'm trying to download Mandrake 8.0 on to the hard drive of a computer running Win 2000 and want to burn it on CD, so that I can load linux on to a different computer.

The downloads are a lot bigger than what a CD can hold. The RPMS alone takes upto 1.4GB while a CD can hold upto 700MB.
So can anyone tell me how to distribute the files between 2-3 CDs, so that I can install the whole operating system without problems. What are the essential files that need to be available inorder to install linux correctly??

Thanks in advance

the easiest way to do this is to download the iso images to create the different cd's.

www.linuxiso.org is where you can get these.

Thanks for answering my question. I always wondered what those iso stuff was. Now I get it. It is used for burning it on CDs.

Thanks for your help.

FYI: Just to give you a heads up, make sure when burning the ISO image... when burning from the hard drive, make sure your specifying that it is a iso image, or its not gonna burn right, then you waste a CDR. Depending on what your using to burn within windows, there should be an option or selection to set that up to burn properly.