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This is an old revision of LiveDVD made by coolpup on 2010-08-20 05:58:13.
- an optical disc drive with writing capability (it will have the logos RW and/or ReWritable on the drive tray)
The container file must have the extension .iso. It is an exact copy, or image, of an existing file system. This image can then be written to an optical disc using a particular software program (see below). It is by booting up with this disc in the optical drive that one can run and use Puppy Linux.
Verifying the integrity of the ISO file
After downloading the ISO file verify its integrity by checking the MD5sum MD5sum. The file may have been corrupted during the download process so always verify its integrity. After verification you may then proceed to write (burn) the ISO file onto blank optical media.Selecting high-quality blank media
To create a live disc it is recommended to use DVD+RW discs. Re-writable media has the advantage over write once media in that it can be erased and re-used hundreds of. It is essential to use high-quality blank media from manufacturers such as Taiyo Yuden and Verbatim..Burning (writing) the ISO file to optical disc
Always select:- D.A.O. (Disk At Once) mode if available
- Write speed of 4
Within Puppy Linux
To use Burniso2cd go to: Menu > Multimedia > Burniso2cd
To use Pburn go to: Menu > Multimedia > Pburn
Within Windows
Use any of the following free programs:
