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Dsl Damn small linux
Name: 00danny1212 Date: May 31, 2007 at 07:27:48 Pacific OS: windows 98 CPU/Ram: 450mhz/ 128mb Product: tiny
Comment:
How can i run dsl on this computer with out installing it? If i download it and burn it to disc with another pc, how do i get it to boot on the other and can it be done this way or will i need to install it on the hard drive?
DSL is only 50MB. You can copy it to a thumb drive, copy to a CD or install it on the HDD. You can run it directly from Windows if you want. This stuff is all explained at the DSL website.
Name: jefro Date: May 31, 2007 at 16:00:20 Pacific
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There are a few issues. One is that your old system may not support booting to a cd. If it does support booting it may not support isolinux. Further it may not support CD-R's and almost not at all CD-RW's. (the older drives could only read pressed cd's).
Try making the boot floppies for that distro. Then you follow the universal installer or the included installer.
I read it wrong and answer it wrong too. So get off my case you goober.
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Response Number 3
Name: jboy Date: June 10, 2007 at 18:05:34 Pacific
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It's not that old a system and should boot from the CD, and yes - RTFM - DSL is a live version and need not be installed
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Response Number 4
Name: dw33b Date: June 15, 2007 at 15:03:15 Pacific
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FWIW I always butn bootable CDs at the slowest possible speed. Works better with older CD drives, and since DSL is so small it won't take long to boot. Nifty and versatile little distro.
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