Subj : Re: Linux for a Beginner
To   : comp.os.linux
From : jmh
Date : Fri Jul 02 2004 07:43 pm

Crashdamage wrote:

> You also might want to try one or two of the run-direct-from-CD distros
> like pcLinuxOS or Knoppix.  Dowload and burn the CD, then just boot from
> the CD and it will load a fully-functional Linux distro, including
> borwser, office software, etc without changing anything on your system.
> Just remove the CD and reboot and your machine is back to Windoze XP,
> unharmed.  These are somewhat limited of course, but let you get your
> feet wet and see if your hardware causes any trouble.  

Quick question on these CD-based versions. Do they allow a
partition on the local hard drive to be mounted and
formated? I've never even looked at these alternatives
but it might be the most sensible approach to being able to
run linux on a laptop I have without doing more than
running a partitioning sw to make a portion of the existing
disk available. I'd only need to the occasional time.

TIA

jmh

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