On 31/07/09 22:01, Lanny Marcus wrote: > On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 6:56 AM, sam R<samcalc2 at gmail.com> wrote: > >> I have very basic question: >> I have downloaded CentOS-5.3-i386-LiveCD from CentOS website. Now I need to >> install it on my Acer Laptop permanently not as a liveCD. How do I burn it >> to a DVD to be able to install it by simply restarting my laptop? >> > I suggest you go ahead and burn the LiveCD image you downloaded to a > CD and see if this OS will run, properly, on your HW, before you > install it. If so, then download the CD's or DVD for a regular > install. Hang onto the LiveCD, in case you need to test on other HW, > in case you have a problem and need to rescue, or if go out of town > and want to run on someone elses HW without leaving tracks. > > May also want to consider using the "netinstall" images if you have a constant network connection during install. Saves downloading a whole DVD or a bunch of CD's ;-) Although do try the LiveCD as stated above. -- Jake -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20090731/28edd76f/attachment-0005.html>