keep wondows?

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: keep wondows?
started by: kebab_tomten

Posted by kebab_tomten on Feb. 18 2005,12:48

my friend sad that i cant keep windows if i have linux?
i have dsl!

Posted by mikshaw on Feb. 18 2005,15:15

Your friend is wrong. period.

Posted by kebab_tomten on Feb. 18 2005,15:25

so when i have use dsl i only take out the cd and restart to get windows back?

Posted by mikshaw on Feb. 18 2005,15:33

If you are running liveCD, yes.

If you set up a harddrive install you'd need to create a linux partition (and a swap partition would be useful), and install a bootloader either in master boot record or on a bootable disk (or use the CD+bootfrom option to boot?).

Posted by kebab_tomten on Feb. 18 2005,15:37

i have download the dsl-0.9.3.iso.torrent at < http://www.tlm-project.org/torrents/damnsmall/ > have i an live cd then?

Posted by cbagger01 on Feb. 18 2005,18:33

Not until you burn the file out at an "Image file" to a blank CD-R.

For example, in Nero you would go to the top menu:

File -> Burn Image

for older Nero.

For newer Nero it is:

Recorder -> Burn Image.

Posted by green on Feb. 18 2005,18:36

You WILL have a live CD when you burn the .iso image to a CD.

Check out this link to see how:

< http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/talk/node/63 >

The is alot of other good information here:

< http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/talk/node/51 >

Posted by kebab_tomten on Feb. 18 2005,21:06

okey, i have now burn it like an cd image whit nero and put in the cd then restart!
now dsl shows up and found harddrives and more stuff like that!
after a coupel of minutes this shows up: dsl@ttyl[dsl]s
the computer stops or should it be like this? the text is blue or i thing it called turquse in england:S
i burn it on a cd-rw!

i hope you now what the problem is:D

Posted by mikshaw on Feb. 18 2005,21:54

Your burn was successful. What you are seeing is the command prompt, which would be normal if not for the fact that DSL is set up to automatically start the graphical interface.
So the default X setup apparently does not work with your hardware.
Trying various boot options may help you, such as booting into a lower resolution.
If you press F2 at the initial splash screen, where it says "boot:" for a few seconds, you should get a list of available boot options.
Another option is running "sudo xsetup.sh" and trying different settings there. If you choose this method, do 'startx' to see if it will work.

Posted by kebab_tomten on Feb. 18 2005,22:53

thank you but know my question is what sould i write when i am in boot options?

Posted by mikshaw on Feb. 18 2005,23:24

there are several things you could try, such as 'dsl vga=normal'. As I said, press F2 to get a list.

Posted by kebab_tomten on Feb. 19 2005,07:55

aa..now i see

Posted by qwwwww on Mar. 17 2005,16:12

Quote (kebab_tomten @ Feb. 18 2005,10:37)

i have download the dsl-0.9.3.iso.torrent at < http://www.tlm-project.org/torrents/damnsmall/ > have i an live cd then?

yes