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beep_gr

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Posted: July 16 2007,18:14

Quote (groeswenphil @ July 16 2007,13:08)

I'm not finding any obvious links to the live cd download.
Also, if it is anything like Ubuntu then you have to burn the cd in a certain way.

Help !

Phil

Ubuntu is very heavy system for these old systems. You can try Xubuntu but on my old Celeron 266MHz with 128MB memory I have to drink 2 coffee's until it will boot on live CD and 4 coffee's to boot from HDD where X-server crushes many times for some stupid reasons...

I think DSL is very good choice but not very friendly for very new users. It doesn't have Ubuntu's X system (gnome e.t.c.) but it works very good on these PC's

jpeters

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Posted: July 17 2007,04:27

Quote (curaga @ July 16 2007,09:43)

for messing with partitions, use cfdisk

For windows users, Partition Magic works well, is very user friendly, etc......

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Posted: July 17 2007,07:55

Perhaps its the computer that needs the coffee, not you

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Found the live cd download. Will try to burn the ISO tonight
Phil

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Posted: July 17 2007,16:55

Working now.

I've got DSL running from a CD on my main computer.

My aim is to try to breath new life into an old Compaq Armada laptop.

Now....should I re-partition the disk first, or will the Live CD arrange things for me nicely.

I get really upset when I see school computers that are only a few years old being carted out through the door; destination landfill.
I'm also convinced that we really don't need all of the bells and whistles that we keep being sold.
If I can create a machine that will just run a WP and an art package, but do it without crashing every five minutes, then I'll be happy.
Thanks,
Phil

yodelaye

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Posted: July 17 2007,18:48

I agree with Wdef 's advise :

at 1st, you should try the live CD on your old hardware to check how it behaves before any re-partition.

and then, why not to use DSL directly in liveCD mode for your lessons ? I mean : it is one one of the purpose of liveCDs ( run without modifying any other system/data already on the machine )

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