On Wed, October 10, 2007 10:53 pm, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > On 10/10/07, Don Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Chris has set up a whole distro mirror. > It's not really a 'mirror' per se. i.e. it's not connected to the > Internet. You have to turn up at the St. Albans Community Resource > Centre with a minimal amount of small change and copy the files > yourself using the Windows facilities available.
Please leave a blank line between the quote and your reply, much easier to read. Why is this resource on a windows computer to start with? Surely we can come up with a computer with a hard drive and a dvd writer to run linux on for this resource? > >> People can just bring a memory stick. > A memory stick, of sufficient size, or a USB rotating hard drive is by > far the best. > Remember that your filesystem has to be Windows compatible, and if you > are going to get an image of a DVD of something over 4GB I understand > that that means NTFS. windows handles ext2/3 with the addition of a simple and free driver. And why can't I bring a laptop and plug it into their network and transfer the iso to my hard drive? > No. The CD copying facilities are the Windows program called 'NERO'. > Take care that you select the facility which allows a bit-for-bit copy > from the file to the CD. > A Google search on "nero cd iso burning instructions" as the search > term gives dozens of good-looking documents. nero is not the only option. nero is not free afaik. there is a freeware tool mentioned here http://www.petri.co.il/how_to_write_iso_files_to_cd.htm - but see my other email on this subject. -- Nick Rout
