User Feedback :: I need help installing this program DSL

From the point where I put "#" to the point where "#" shows up again might be irrelevant information, but if you are wondering how my problem came to be then you should read it.

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I recently picked up a huge interest for linux after having been repeatedly frustrated with the ever-so unreliable windows.

Well there's one Linux distro I downloaded (I won't disclose the name as it might be considered advertising.)

The program ran via LiveCD

I used the only CD I had to burn the ISO image because I thought this would be the only distro I'd need, based on Screenshots and info.

But I was wrong, the program was crappy, The language was screwed up, and I couldn't do anything to the settings because all of the options were in the foreign language so I couldn't change the language to english and I couldn't fix the resolution (half of the desktop was cut off because of the default resolution.)

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Now here's my problem.

I have no more CDs, and I cannot purchase any more. until probably next month. So I cannot run this Linux distro via LiveCD. I read on the site that you can install to harddrive, or run it while in Windows. I was looking for instructions on how to do it, but I could not find any.

So my question is, How do I install and run DSL to my harddrive without having to use the LiveCD technique? If it helps, my operating system is XP Home Edition and I have a 120 gig harddrive (with about 80 gigs remaining.)

dl dsl embedded to run in windows

there is info in the dl and you can look in for section called embedded(its called being pro-active)

Sorry to be hard-headed, but may I have a link?

I can't find anything that says dsl embedded to run in windows or anything of the sort.

Also, will the hard drive based installation or side-by-side emulation along with windows running simultaneously require me to partition hard disk space ? If so this may become a bit of an issue.

My OS disc for XP is ruined and I can't use it anymore and I never made a back-up. So do any of these installation methods require partitioning?

And if so, can partitioning be done "without" the OS disc for XP? Thanks in advance.

Do you have a pen(usb) drive? If you can set your PC to boot from removable devices, then you can use that (along with a startup floppy) to boot your system. This is what I had to do to get my new DSL download running.

*ETA* I should also mention that you can install DSL right off the usb drive the first time you run it by typing "install" (w/o quotes) at the (boot:) prompt, rather than just hitting enter.

Not everyone is a Linux expert. Personally speaking, I had never used Linux before in my life, and honestly couldn't get DSL to run within Windows. I don't see why one would want to do that, considering it would eat a lot of memory and be quite slow.

Yes but i was just looking for any possible way to run DSL, even if it meant running it inside of Windows.

But by Pen Drive do you mean like a small device that plugs right into the USB port of your computer and you can just start transferring files? If so, I have a small one that's about 64mb, if not then I dunno.

Also, I have a PSP. It has a 256 megabyte memory stick, and connects to my PC via a USB cable (5 pin) I can transfer files (any types of file) to and from the PSP. Can I somehow also use that? If so, how do I get it to run like this?

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