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Bootable movie CD OS
Name: Eduardo Date: June 5, 2002 at 11:58:02 Pacific
Comment:
Hi to all Linux fans and users I'm a windows user and I was thinking is it possible to make or is there a bootable CD that without installing any software in a PC I can watch a movie ".mov, avi, divx, or mpeg " something like a cd that has an os just to play a video file without using any harddrive or software in a pc.
Please let me know if there is or is it possible to do it, if is possible how can it be done? Oh remember i'm a windows user so help me as much as possible.
Name: Lawrence Date: June 6, 2002 at 05:24:09 Pacific
Reply:
Let me ask you the same question then. Can you do that without installing Windows on your PC??? Of course, you can't because you HAVE to have an operating system to run a program or software! As far as I know, there is no such thing that would allow you to just run a program to watch a movie on a PC unless you put the disc in your DVD player, connecting to your TV...
Lawrence
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Response Number 2
Name: Eduardo Date: June 6, 2002 at 06:31:13 Pacific
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What I mean is I want to do a CD that has a bootable os with enought files to run a video
This is possible, but difficult. Linux could be configured to boot from a CD and copy everything it needs to RAM, but you would have to know Linux very well to do this (unless there's some step-by-step tutorial out there).
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Response Number 4
Name: DarkShadow Date: June 9, 2002 at 23:40:26 Pacific
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This should be something to look at it doe what you need but I have never tested it
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