I downloaded and burned a copy of getoo live cd i686 and am wondering what i do next. I’m taking a computer programing class and this seems really cool. I really want to have vista and gentoo on my computer but don’t know how to install it or what. PLEASE HELP!!!! I don’t know much on dual OS’s or Linux or getting Linux
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My computer doesnt have enough memory to run the live CD, is there anyway to just install it to the hard drive without previewing the linux via the live cd… i cannot download the alternate cd, it took way too long just to download the desktop cd…. could i perhaps use a usb pen drive to boost the system’s memory or something?
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Not to long ago i purchased an Acer 5610 laptop. it came with windows vista when i got it. i must have downloaded some sort of virus because it crashed on me a while back. ive tried to install windows numerous times ever since. first i tried xp, i used 3 or for different copies just to make sure i wasnt using one that wouldnt work. xp froze midway through installation ever single time, next i used a linux cd and booted into the “live cd”, this worked but im not an IT professional and i could figure every friggen thing out. what should i do now? please help im at the end of my rope with this pc!
sylver; hell no
to bill g; no, i dont have a copy
to gladiator; from boot
deleted partition, i now have a unpartitioned hd
db young; i dont want to buy vista, i already have a supposedly working copy of xp
to tj; i was using a distro called sabayon, it was the only one i found that had drivers for my wifi card built into the installation cd. i need windows for the compatibility
So I’m having to use a Knoppix Live cd to get into all the files on my unbootable computer….
but it won’t boot up all the way
it’s sitting here at the
Welcome to the KNOPPIX live GNU/Linux on CD!
page..
it’s gone through listing the Linux Kernel, through the memory available…
It scanned my USB device….
Enabled the DMA Acceleration for hda and hdc
It’s
Looking for CD in: /dev/hdc
and it’s just sitting there…
It’ll let me type stuff… but it won’t do anything else..
How do I continue???
EDIT: Ok so it just said
Can’t find KNOPPIX filesystem, sorry.
Dropping you to a (very limited) shell.
Press rest button to quit.
Additional builtin commands avaliable:
cat
insmod
mount
rmmod
umount
lsmod
wow.. linux’s spelling sucks butt
EDIT2: it also says
knoppix#
and will let me type in one of the previously listed options
So i downloaded the backtrack 2 iso file (i think its a live distro linux type program) and burned it to a cd. How do run it? I have heard you run it by booting your computer from the cd drive. How exactly do i go about this (simple instructions please)? i need directions for booting from the cd drive. I have windows xp an only about 400 mb of ram. Can i run backtrack 2 (600mb program) with this little ram?
i have an emachine if that helps tell what key to hit upon startup. and i have 384mb of ram to be exact
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