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D.K.

Dime_Bar wrote: »

Dont forget about DSL ( Damn Small Inux ) as that is great to I am currently playing with that within Qemu and it runs rapid.

Hi I was going to try DSL. After downloading and opening the WinRar files I got "Boot" "KNOPPIX", "Lost & found" and "Index". I'm a wee bit lost do I just burn the KNOPPIX file onto a CD or can I open it..... or have I done it all wrong again?

Cheers

spud17

D.K. wrote: »

Hi I was going to try DSL. After downloading and opening the WinRar files I got "Boot" "KNOPPIX", "Lost & found" and "Index". I'm a wee bit lost do I just burn the KNOPPIX file onto a CD or can I open it..... or have I done it all wrong again?

Cheers

Don't open anything, burn the complete .iso file to a CD using ImgBurn .

Download and install ImgBurn, open it and select Burn image to CD, then browse to the downloaded .iso file, and click the appropriate buttons.

I'm not on Windows and can't remember the exact procedure, but I'm sure I'll be corrected if something is amiss!!

fwor

spud17 wrote: »

Cheers guys (gals), the scanner is, like most of my stuff, from a skip and is a Canoscan FB320p.

SANE shows that model as "support recently added" so in theory it ~should~ work.

In theory the scanner on my Canon MP610 should work as well, but if I start up Xsane Image Scanner it just says "no device found". Don't know why - the scanner works fine with the Canon-supplied Linux drivers.

D.K.

spud17 wrote: »

Don't open anything, burn the complete .iso file to a CD using ImgBurn .

Download and install ImgBurn, open it and select Burn image to CD, then browse to the downloaded .iso file, and click the appropriate buttons.

I'm not on Windows and can't remember the exact procedure, but I'm sure I'll be corrected if something is amiss!!

Thanks Spud17 I used Nero to the same effect.
I've changed the bios sequence to begin with CDROM,it is an external drive, but I just get "Disk Boot Failure". Do I need to check the disc or is there something else?

Thanks

esbo

D.K. wrote: »

Thanks Spud17 I used Nero to the same effect.
I've changed the bios sequence to begin with CDROM,it is an external drive, but I just get "Disk Boot Failure". Do I need to check the disc or is there something else?

Thanks

"I used Nero to the same effect" presumably if you could use any old software to burn the image they would not have gone to bother of providing a special utility.

fwor

Just found a solution that worked for my MP610 scanner. For anyone interested in using a scanner that requires a recently-added SANE backend, there's a good guide here on how to do it under Ubuntu:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=72498&page=2

fwor

D.K. wrote: »

Thanks Spud17 I used Nero to the same effect.
I've changed the bios sequence to begin with CDROM,it is an external drive, but I just get "Disk Boot Failure". Do I need to check the disc or is there something else?

I've used Nero to burn an ISO file with no problems in the past.

Is the external CD-ROM connected via USB? If you're lucky there will be an option to boot from a USB device in the BIOS, but some do and some don't.

If not and you've got a desktop PC there is probably space and a free IDE connector to temporarily install a CD drive just for the install.

moneymass

Ah, a nix user club, I'll check in.

Been using a different flavas of *nix for about four or five years but have never really got into the *buntu's

I like stability e.g. traditionally more of a 2.4 kernel brancher although I did usually setup two kernel options at boot (a 2.6)

spud17

SANE shows that model as "support recently added" so in theory it ~should~ work.

fwor, thanks for that, I must admit I've not checked since having a sort out/reinstall session a few months back.

Just found a solution that worked for my MP610 scanner. For anyone interested in using a scanner that requires a recently-added SANE backend, there's a good guide here on how to do it under Ubuntu:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=72498&page=2

I'll check it out when I have time.

I use PCLOS dual booting with XP and have just checked and my Canon i560 printer is now supported, previously used BJC7000.

D.K.

fwor wrote: »

I've used Nero to burn an ISO file with no problems in the past.

Is the external CD-ROM connected via USB? If you're lucky there will be an option to boot from a USB device in the BIOS, but some do and some don't.

If not and you've got a desktop PC there is probably space and a free IDE connector to temporarily install a CD drive just for the install.

I've used Nero in the past too, just forgot.

Yes, the CD is connected via a USB but I don't know if it's possible to boot from it the drives are D,E,F,SCSI and A,C. It is a desktop...could you please let me know what an IDE connector is.
Thanks