Hey PC guy's

[ted s]

Not politically correct, the other PC..
I have my old XP machine I want to convert to Linux.
I have the iso for ubuntu 9.04, it's 700 meg. I burnt it to a DVD and tried to install 3 times before I remembered the freaking winbox only has a cd r/w. : duhh.
Any suggestions ? maybe I can load it from an external usb drive ?

thanks in advance.

[ted s]

Buring on my iMac btw.. .. tried a few things, when I originally tried to burn it to a cd I was using toast, it barfed because it wouldn't fit on a cd, so I used a dvd.
This time around I tried using the mac disk utility and it seems to be burning on a cd.. strange.. fm I guess.

[stingx]

Try Linux Mint. Version 7, Gloria, was just released. It is Ubuntu based (which means it's a Debian variant) and includes everything in the OS, unlike Ubuntu that packages FOSS only software. This means no hunting for flash, codecs, etc. You will love Mint.

http://linuxmint.com

[marnold***]

If your computer can boot from a USB stick (doubtful) you could try it that way. I can't believe that the Ubuntu ISO would be too big for a standard 700M CD-R.

[ted s]

the problem was between the keyboard and chair.
Thanks Rev.

[marnold***]

the problem was between the keyboard and chair.
Thanks Rev.

We've all suffered from occasional afflictions of PEBKAC. Like the time I wanted to erase my "fonts" directory to I typed "rm -rf fo" and then his tab to auto-complete it and quickly hit enter. That would have worked out great except that I typed "fi" instead of "fo" which auto-completed to "files" and proceeded to blow away all of my files. Every last one. I would have been really ticked off if I had not just made a backup 1/2 hour before that.

Or the time a buddy of mine wanted to blow away his Linux installation to install a different distro. So, as root, he typed "rm -rf /" which would definitely do the trick. Except that this was a dual-boot Linux and Windows system and he forgot that he had his Windows partition mounted so he managed to blow that one away too.

[tunghaichuan***]

Ted,

I've installed this one before:

http://wubi-installer.org/

Works pretty well, although it takes quite a while to download all the updates.

It also gives you a choice of three different desktop environments to use.

tung

[ted s]

cool, thanks guys.

[guitartango]

Why not just burn the iso to a 800mb CD ?

[ted s]

I only had 700 meg cd's.
It appears to be loading on the $hitbox as we speak.

[ted s]

Done, on it now.. crap, talk about easy and painless, I like it.

[stingx]

Aw, c'mon...give Mint a whirl. Way better than Ubrowntu

[marnold***]

It's The Fret within The Fret! I've got to have a little lie-down.

[ted s]

Aw, c'mon...give Mint a whirl. Way better than Ubrowntu

Ok, I downloaded mint, I'll try it tomorrow.

[stingx]

[Monkus]

Welcome to Linux, ..!!!!

[ted s]

very cool, thanks Stingx

[ted s]

Hey Stinger, I borrowed this old Toshiba Satellite 2100 with only 64 meg of RAM.
Is there a particular flavor of Linux that you would suggest for such a doorstop ?

thanks

t

[stingx]

Try either Damn Small Linux or, even better, Puppy Linux. I put Puppy on an old IBM 600E and it made it seem like a new system.