[Wolves] Live CD anybody?

[Bobby Singh]

Hello,

> Now, so far he's downloaded one iso.
I am sure you have all the iso links, like distrowatch
and knoppix.org and knoppix.net etc etc.

> have got a dud
> iso or his burn did not go correctly.  He's
You say he is using windows, make sure he has not
changed the actuall iso by unzipping/unraring it etc. 
Or has he burned using nero has a boot-up disk and has
an iso file.
Ask him to do this;
http://www.tomshardware.com/2004/03/29/migrating_from_windows_to_linux/page2.html

> downloading again and
> burning another copy as I type.  Fingers crossed.
Does he downloads limits watch out (i know even though
they can't tell).

> hardware support which is infinitely better than
> DSL.  I've got
Proberly true but has its only 50mb it may be worth
with;
http://damnsmalllinux.org/usb-qemu.html
Also use 'belarc' to find out which souncard he has
and see if its compatible on dsl.

Cheers

Bobby

--- Kevanf1 <kevanf1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 22/12/05, Bobby Singh <bs_wm at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > > Of course, Mepis.
> >
> > Mepis is ok as you have all plugins, codecs etc
> > working out of the cd.  But can be very slow
> boot-up
> > wise and the desktop.  Even if you install its
> slow.
> > This may put your mate off.
> >
> > You know you can try DSL, it is about 50mb. 
> (there is
> > way of multisession the cd, try
> >
>
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/f/topic-3-26-9567-0.html)
> > This may impress your mate.
> >
> > If want DSL its small download or arrange to give
> you
> > one.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Bobby
> >
> 
> Cheers Bobby.  The main reason for getting Knoppix
> was purely for it's
> hardware support which is infinitely better than
> DSL.  I've got
> probably most of the Live CD's here at home.  I just
> needed it so my
> mate could download it at his house.  Living in
> Windsor it's a bit far
> for me to go just to try a live CD for him :-)  The
> one and only
> reason - at present - was to ascertain whether he
> had a working sound
> card or not.  I was going to push the benefits of
> Linux after this
> little demo.
> 
> Now, so far he's downloaded one iso.  There seems to
> be a problem with
> though.  It shows him the pic of Tux in the top left
> hand corner and
> states that it has found the compressed Linux image.
>   That's it.  It
> goes no further.  So, I have the feeling that he may
> have got a dud
> iso or his burn did not go correctly.  He's
> downloading again and
> burning another copy as I type.  Fingers crossed.
> 
> --
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> mistake it is not deliberate.
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> Kevan Farmer
> 
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> 
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