How do you get an ISO Image onto a disc, and then use it to install Linux?

Question

The version is d**n Small Linux, or sometimes referred to as DSL. I have a CD burner, CD-R, and the ISO on my desktop, but even using Express Burn, no sucess. When I find out how to do that, how is it that I start using the Linux OS? Its supposedly a live CD, which makes me wonder, when you save something, where does it go? Or is Linux a web browsing only OS? Whatever it is, it isnt Windows, so i would like to figure out how to use it! :)

Answer 1

get an .iso burning software. http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isore...  right click on the iso and click "open with" and choose your software.  

once you burn it, make sure your bios boot order is set to check the cd drive first. put it in and away you go

Answer 2

You need software that can burn ISO into CD, such as Nero

Answer 3

software-

http://geektinkbreath.net/

Answer 4

A live CD is run & stored in memory, when you restart your computer it vanishes.

You need to burn the ISO as an Image. look for the setting in the burning program you're using, it'll extract the contents of the ISO and make it a bootable disk.

Answer 5

An ISO is just an archive of the contents of a disc. All that you need to burn it is burner software that can use ISO images to create CDs. Express burn can do this, according to the website. I'm not familiar with Express burn so i can't tell you how to use it to set up an ISO burn. Ordinarily you would select the option to burn a Data CD. One of the options there is usually to create the DATA CD from an ISO. Chances are thats the procedure you would need to follow.

This DSL is really 'd**n small'...only 50MB. I hope it works for you, but i should warn you that there isn't a whole lot of support for this distribution of Linux, so if you have problems installing or using it, you might have to wait a while to get online help if at all. Most other distros now have live CDs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_CD

A live CD allows you to run an operating system present on the disc by either booting from the Cd at start-up ( you leave the CD in the drive when you boot the computer - your BIOS's boot sequence must be adjusted to allow the PC to seek to boot from the CD drive before the hard-drive); some can also be run from inside windows simply by inserting the CD after windows has booted up. You can't store files permanently when you use a Live CD to run an operating system because all the files are stored on the Ram and are deleted each time you use the CD. The best use for a live CD is to try an operating system to make sure it can support your most critical hardware (such as ethernet for internet access and graphics card etc). You can also get the option to install the OS unto the hard-drive when you boot the computer with the CD already and the drive and the BIOS boot sequence properly adjusted to access the CD before the hard-drive. I don't know if DSL Linux can be installed in alongside Windows (called dual-booting, see below). It doesn't seem to be the case according to what i see on their website. That's the preferred method for installing a Linux operating system unto a hard-drive because it doesn't erase windows and you can use both.

There are many Linux distributions (called distros for short); I use Ubuntu as my Linux distro and it was installed using an ISO from the website. It's 100% free. Ubuntu provides the ability to error check your ISO before you create the CD, since if the ISO is corrupted during the download, it may fail to burn or fail to run or install. Plus Ubuntu can be installed as part of a Dual Boot (or Multi Boot) so that you can run two operating systems on one hard-drive and select the one you want to use at the moment you start the computer. It gives you these options as part of the installation process. You can find out more here

http://www.ubuntu.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_boot