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Old 06-19-2005, 12:07 PM
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Linux live desktop CD's

Hello from rborkman. I want to run a live Linux desktop cd on my Laptop .I tried Sante FE .It wiped out my Win2k Server /2000 partitions. I ghosted Windows 2000 on the laptop ,which is a IBM Thinkpad w Intel P4 and Centrino Tech. I want to try again but am a Newbie and need info. Also ,I need to know what setting to burn the distros to the cd when I use Nero Burning Rom. Should I use the udf/iso ,bootable cd or data file setting ? I have Knoopix ,Goblinx , Mephis and Morphix waiting in the wings. I am fascinated with running a desktop without installing for using Linux Thanks to all
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Old 06-19-2005, 12:43 PM
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You have downloaded iso images of linux live cds.

To burn them with nero, pick "burn disk from cd image". An iso image is a disk image.

Once you have successfully created the cd, set the bios of your computer to boot from cdrom first. Then reboot your computer with the live cd in place.

Some bad news. Laptops can be problematic with hardware detection in linux. Pmcia and scsi cards are common laptop devices.

Good luck.

http://www.wizardskeep.org/mainhall/tutor/neroiso.html
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...1785998,00.asp
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Old 06-30-2005, 08:40 AM
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You have downloaded iso images of linux live cds.

To burn them with nero, pick "burn disk from cd image". An iso image is a disk image.

Once you have successfully created the cd, set the bios of your computer to boot from cdrom first. Then reboot your computer with the live cd in place.

Some bad news. Laptops can be problematic with hardware detection in linux. Pmcia and scsi cards are common laptop devices.

Good luck.

http://www.wizardskeep.org/mainhall/tutor/neroiso.html
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...1785998,00.asp
Thank you. I wil try the CD"s on an old desktop-no foolin' with the laptop anymore it's NOT MINE ANYWAY. Belongs to the school I'm taking classes at
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Old 07-07-2005, 10:05 AM
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Burning ISO

This subject is really quite simple but for some reason Nero and others make such heavy weather of it.
It seems to me that either you want an exact copy of what you already own (= a duplicate for safe-keeping perhaps) - OR - you want to make use of some software that is presented in a compacted form -

Ordinarily this would be easy, but because computer businesses are run by geeks that don't share the same mindset are real people, hence the confusing in the first place and the lack of avoiding it, in the second.

It needs someone with a clear understanding to explain it -(sadly I am still creating useless coasters although they would apear to be exactly what I requested as they "verify" correctly). It would help if "experts" refered to the software version as the instructions are nearly always different. So let's see "In Nero... v6.01" - - -. If you are explaining something, make it clear it's not part of the "Instructions". Don't irritate your customer with "make sure the mains lead is untwisted and plugged into ...."

I think it helps to consider a parallel with motor cars - these also have a long trial period (like computers) yet as you progress the control of the car is fairly obvious (until you encounter snow).
The ISO problem is like the boot (US=trunk) release and a similar one for Fuel-flap. To the operator the levers look the same, with funny drawings on them - to the forecourt attendant they must despair - what wally have they just found? Yet the problem is quite easily solved - make the levers different sizes - so the small one deals with the (small) fuel flap and .... Now there is no confusion and you can have a stab at a different car with 99% success.
It was the car maker that designed the problem because the teams that make the bit that's controlled wanted their lever to be no less operable than any other - with the same design solution as the other team. They did not consider the poor sap trying to fuel their car at night in the pouring rain!

If only software writers were attached to the real world.
Some extra thought needs to be put in place to solve the diesel/petrol nozzle problem, but this is a software site....

http://www.wizardskeep.org/mainhall/tutor/neroiso.html
- mentioned by earlier Poster here, is a good tutorial (BUT I haven't tested it!) with graphical explanations for an early version Nero - possibly Nero3 but it has some look of Nero 5.......but not Nero 6 which introduced the various DVD options as I recall. Worth Checking before you burn.

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Old 07-07-2005, 08:51 PM
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It's not rocket science Harry.
I use and have used at least three different windows programs for cd burning and one in linux. The newer versions are almost idiot-proof. They all do the same thing if you pick "burn cd from cd image, "burn iso image", and "create disk from disk image". There is no need to get into the guts and start changing settings or options. I'm only talking about burning iso images. Other tasks may require more explanation.
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