[nappymonster]

Hi all,
I'm trying to go about dual booting a computer (not sure which one yet :P), and found sabayon, and thought it looked great. Downloaded it, and have burnt it to a DVD. I then put it in a laptop, not to install (nowhere near that stage yet), just to see if it actually worked and was booting. Yay! I was greeted with a screen similar to
this one.

So my question is, if i go with "start sabayon", and not "install sabayon", will it just run as a live DVD, or will it try to install it? I'm pretty sure it should just be a live DVD, but didn't want to run the risk of it installing on a system not partitioned or set up.

thanks,
Nappymonster

[lotuseclat79]

Hi nappymonster,

I have heard of Live CDs, not Live DVDs. Usually, a Live CD is limited to 700MB which should play well with a 1GB RAM after it boots up its Live CD environment. A Live DVD seems to connotes a larger space (ususally found on large GB disks) for installation.

If I were you, I would go back to the website where you downloaded Sabayon Linux and read the documentation there to answer your question - like a FAQ. Look for System Requirements for use of the so-called Live DVD.

Since you only have 1GB RAM, I would stick with a Live CD if there is such a thing for Sabayon LInux, and follow up with the so-called Live DVD.

-- Tom

[nappymonster]

http://wiki.sabayonlinux.org/index.p...mmon_Questions

I'm very new to linux; but it looks to me like you can run this as a Live DVD. Am i right?

Also, how did you know i had 1gb of ram?

[lotuseclat79]

Hi nappymonster,

It does look like you can just issue the command: sabayon
to start Sabayon Linux from what they say on that webpage.

Your Computer Specification information (just click on the Computer Specs icon to the right of your <user name> <on line status> <Computer Specs> in any one of your posts) told me that your computer has 1GB of RAM.

-- Tom

P.S. Let us know how it went!

[nappymonster]

ah, you're right. That info is actually for another computer, but i also have 1gb of ram in this one. I haven't been on here for ages, so forgot about that :P

Ok, so i put the disk in, restarted the machine, selected start, and it sort of hung on the screen. Had to hold down power button to reboot. I did leave it for 10 mins, so i don't think i was just being impatient. However, i now have another computer set up, with 20gb free, that i'm going to partition and hopefully be dual booting XP + sabayon.

If you have any suggestions about making it work, then let me know. I'll set it to solved in a few days if you don't.
Thanks,
Nappymonster