Am Wed, 5. July 2006 09:45 schrieb Andreas Jaeger:
> Boyd Lynn Gerber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > On Tue, 4 Jul 2006, jdd wrote:
> >> Boyd Lynn Gerber wrote:
> >> > I have been told that the Handout DVD is able to do an installation
> >> > from it.  
The only DVD I know of is the Ubuntu Dapper Drake DVD.
It is a dvd which may be used for installation and as live dvd.
Installation may be done on boot up (the old fashioned way) or from a running 
live session using a graphical installer.

> >> > I would like to get and burn this image to play with it?  
Under the aspect of 'playing' I would say ubuntu is worth a closer look.

> >> > Where may I download a copy of the image?
May be you friend was thinking of this dvd (may be he muddled ubuntu and 
opensuse by mistake) when he pointed you to opensuse.

> >>
> >> what do you call "the handout dvd"?
> >>
> >> we have dvd iso (installable) and live dvd (not installable)
> >>
> >> there is around on magazines a dvd live that is also installable, but
> >> not from us
> >
> > I know of the two, but the person I was talking with said Novell gave out
> > CD/DVD much like the live dvd but was able to be installed.  Much like
> > what I have been told is on some magazines.  He was not sure which event
> > he attended that they were handed out.   He was able to use the live
> > portion to partition the HD and then do the install to it.  He was not
> > really familar with SUSE Linux, but was very impressed with this ability.
> > This is really what I am seaking.  Use the CD/DVD to test the hardware to
> > make sure everything works, then install it to the system being tested.
>
> That's a DVD that contains two ISOs - the live DVD and the installable
> DVD with a changed loader to choose between them.
>
> You can get each piece separatly but there's not much sense in adding
> another 4 GB on the ftp mirrors,


Here You will find the installation documentation from a live session:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GraphicalInstall

And here the download link for

ubuntu: 
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/dvd/current/

kubuntu, a KDE based flavour of ubuntu
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/dvd/current/

xubuntu, a xfce4 based ubuntu flavour. Good for old fashioned hardware:
(installation image)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/daily/current/
(live cd)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/daily-live/current/

regards,
thomas

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