[r11ckp]

hey, just wondering how i can boot up linux, i currently have windows installed on my computer.

I am trying to boot from a USB device with damn small linux
I changed my computer to boot from diskette A, but when it attempts to do so, i recieve the error message:

'Media test Failure'

The USB device itself works perfectly, and i can run DSL (damn small linux) in a window on XP, but it runs a little slow.

All efforts greatly appreciated
Rick

[saikee]

If your so called USB device is a floppy then you have to live with the speed of the floppy.

A USB flash drive also has a read/write speed and that is usually a lot slower than a USB external hard disk.

Thus you should consider running Linux off a USB external hard disk which is adequate for normal operation.

If the USB flash drive speed is acceptable Linux users would have gone in a big way with the USB flash drives by now.

USB flash drive is only suitable for Live CD version which for not being installed as a full system can be compressed into 1/4 or 1/5 the size of a fully installed distro, thereby requiring 1/4 or 1/5 of the time to boot the same Linux.

[r11ckp]

Cheers again mate, did they do a version of DSL that is not live?
my version is 50mb called 3.4.4.

do you know any good burners that burn ISO files? i wasgoing to download nero but its 170 meg.

[saikee]

CD/DVD burner? Any Linux Live CD that has K3B.

As long as I remember DSL is always an installable Live CD. You run it as a Live CD. If you like it and want it in a hard disk or flash drive just click its installer.

Nowaday most Linux come in as a Live installable CD. It serves both purpose.

An important point in any OS installation is to have a partition created to match the OS expectation. What can be more timely and appropriate than using a Linux Live CD to prepare/create the partition needed by Linux?

[r11ckp]

thanks mate, ive made a copy that works!!! i burned it as an image file. i couldnt believe it worked. Im going to start a new thread i need some information to get me on the right tracks so i can learn it.

cheers for all your help