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| Thread ID: 115352 | 2011-01-14 22:32:00 | Getting Linux onto my poor old lappy | ianhnz (4263) | Press F1 |
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| 1169771 | 2011-01-14 23:33:00 | An ISO image is just that - an image - of a CD or DVD. It contains the contents of a disc all in one file. You need to burn it to your disc with a program that can handle it correctly. Windows XP does not have the ability to do so natively. ImgBurn is a very good one that I use, and will burn many types of CD\DVD images (as well as create them and do other things) |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1169772 | 2011-01-14 23:35:00 | Um, I just use what Windose supplies... download "imgburn", install it and use that to burn the iso file to disc. edit: as Agent said while i was typing. |
ronyville (10611) | ||
| 1169773 | 2011-01-14 23:40:00 | Windows XP doesnt have the ability to burn ISOs, you'll need something like Nero (you'll have this if you've ever bought a new cd/dvd drive), or Imgburn www.imgburn.com Edit: likewise :) |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 1169774 | 2011-01-14 23:45:00 | Another slightly easier option of installing linux (although not wattOS): www.ubuntu.com | Cato (6936) | ||
| 1169775 | 2011-01-14 23:56:00 | Do you have an image of your XP install, or recovery disc/s (or recovery partition) so you can reinstall it, if the Linux install goes haywire or you decide it's not for you? | feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 1169776 | 2011-01-15 01:00:00 | Do you have an image of your XP install, or recovery disc/s (or recovery partition) so you can reinstall it, if the Linux install goes haywire or you decide it's not for you? Yes I have the disks and only did a fresh format recovery a few weeks ago. Just needs more Ram, but no finances to cover that, at present. |
ianhnz (4263) | ||
| 1169777 | 2011-01-15 01:02:00 | Another slightly easier option of installing linux (although not wattOS): www.ubuntu.com Thats better, thanks.. |
ianhnz (4263) | ||
| 1169778 | 2011-01-15 01:03:00 | download "imgburn", install it and use that to burn the iso file to disc. edit: as Agent said while i was typing. :thanks, done that, burned disk and tried it, didn't like it. At least I go burn iso files now... |
ianhnz (4263) | ||
| 1169779 | 2011-01-15 01:14:00 | Thats better, thanks.. Just make sure you select Xubuntu and not Ubuntu when the installer starts... Ubuntu will not be happy with the amount of RAM you have. |
Cato (6936) | ||
| 1169780 | 2011-01-15 01:23:00 | Actually I would recommend Lubuntu as it uses less RAM than Xubuntu. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
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