Choosing suitable Linux

4W4K3 · 06-12-2006, 09:06 PM

If you run Ubuntu off a disk you just boot to the disk, you will not have to setup a GrubLoader as it changes absolutely nothing on your hard-drive. If you want to dualboot, you must install Ubuntu to the harddrive (not the LiveCD)

Decadence · 06-12-2006, 09:08 PM

so can I burn Ubuntu to a LiveCd?

4W4K3 · 06-12-2006, 09:39 PM

...no, you can just get the LiveCD (they are free). Burning the OS to a CD won't make it a "live" version, you're just moving it to a new CD...it will still want to install to your harddrive. The live version is exactly that, a different version. it runs off the CD, not the harddrive.

PC eye · 06-12-2006, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Decadence

i want to choose which OS i want to run at startup and boot Ubuntu off a disk. I don't understand any of that "grub" stuff

One way to become familiar with Linux plus using the easiest of the Live distros is Knoppix Live for cd. A live distro runs strictly from a removable disk seeing no direct effect on the drive's current OS. Knoppix is also a great live distro for data retrieval when your MS drive is unbootable. There's a few articles you can find on that usage. Once you have a live version running you simply refer to the Linux tutorials to get familiar with the command structure. Here's a links to hold onto for future reference.
http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
http://www.linux-tutorial.info/
http://yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/
http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/q/linux_tutorials

timothyb89 · 06-17-2006, 08:50 PM

A great beginner Linux distro is PCLinuxOS.
It runs off a live cd and gives you the option to install it to your hard drive with an easy installer.
For the sake of being able to try more Linux distros, I created a PCLinuxOS Live CD with VMware Player, so once you install it you can run other distros inside it without risk of damaging your hdd (and you'll never have to restart your computer).
It's 714 MB, so it only fits on a DVD and I'm at a loss as to how I can distribute it.

PC eye · 06-17-2006, 11:39 PM

Once you burn a distro that size to a cd-r you can easily make backup copies. A dvd-r would actuall fit several small distros to the 4.2gb capacity seen there. For distribution of any particular free to download distro you would simply forward the link to the download page if not the home and tutorial pages as well.

When going to create a live cd you first download the iso image and then use the appropiate software to make a bootable disk from that with a software like NERO or Roxio's Easy Media Creator that recognises that type of file format and can open and write it to disk in response to Decadence's inquiry. Ubuntu also has cds that simply hold the installation files much like a Windows cd while the installation process is different.

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4W4K3 VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Lewisville, TX Age: 20 Posts: 6,864	If you run Ubuntu off a disk you just boot to the disk, you will not have to setup a GrubLoader as it changes absolutely nothing on your hard-drive. If you want to dualboot, you must install Ubuntu to the harddrive (not the LiveCD) __________________ My Computer I choose to believe what I was programmed to believe. Can I eat your brain? FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358

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4W4K3 VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Lewisville, TX Age: 20 Posts: 6,864	...no, you can just get the LiveCD (they are free). Burning the OS to a CD won't make it a "live" version, you're just moving it to a new CD...it will still want to install to your harddrive. The live version is exactly that, a different version. it runs off the CD, not the harddrive. __________________ My Computer I choose to believe what I was programmed to believe. Can I eat your brain? FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358

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timothyb89 Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 357	A great beginner Linux distro is PCLinuxOS. It runs off a live cd and gives you the option to install it to your hard drive with an easy installer. For the sake of being able to try more Linux distros, I created a PCLinuxOS Live CD with VMware Player, so once you install it you can run other distros inside it without risk of damaging your hdd (and you'll never have to restart your computer). It's 714 MB, so it only fits on a DVD and I'm at a loss as to how I can distribute it. __________________ And now that I'm running my life support equipment through Windows 95, I'll never have to worry about - beeeeeeeep... Registered Linux User #425668 Registered Linux Machine #333299

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06-12-2006, 09:08 PM	#22 (permalink)
Decadence Silver Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 154	so can I burn Ubuntu to a LiveCd?

06-17-2006, 11:39 PM	#26 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,331	Once you burn a distro that size to a cd-r you can easily make backup copies. A dvd-r would actuall fit several small distros to the 4.2gb capacity seen there. For distribution of any particular free to download distro you would simply forward the link to the download page if not the home and tutorial pages as well. When going to create a live cd you first download the iso image and then use the appropiate software to make a bootable disk from that with a software like NERO or Roxio's Easy Media Creator that recognises that type of file format and can open and write it to disk in response to Decadence's inquiry. Ubuntu also has cds that simply hold the installation files much like a Windows cd while the installation process is different.