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It would really help if the old useful posts didn't just randomly disappear so we could continue linking to them.

When you burn an ISO file you need to burn it "as a CD image" rather than as a typical data CD.  Most modern burning software will give you this option.  The reason for this is because when you burn a typical data CD you are using the ISO filesystem, but you end up with a CD that is essentially a backup of the file you downloaded rather than a CD containing a useable bootable operating system.  If you burn it as a disk image, you should get a CD that contains a boot sector and an operating system.

You'll need to check your burning software and see if it has an option to "burn CD image" or "burn from image" or "burn from ISO" or something like that.
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could not be better than mikshaw sad. I am myself not verry good but did the things he sad and the site tells you and it worked.  :D you can also try the boot image floppy wich i did to start it on a pc where i could not start from cd.
make a start floppy from downloded bootfloppy using using rawwritewin wich is rather nice to do the job.
flop and cd in machine job done even for me

succes we all have been beginners once in our lifetime
http://damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/Burning_a_Bootable_CD

original here.