Installing Linspire or Freespire
Want to take Freespire for a test run? An ISO image of the Freespire 2.0 CD is included on the
DVD that comes with this book. Refer to Appendix A for information on copying and burning that
CD image to a CD. The resulting CD can be used to install Freespire to hard disk or run Freespire
live, directly from this CD.
Before installing Freespire on your hard drive, boot from the CD and at the initial menu, use the
arrow keys to select ???RUN Freespire directly from the CD without installing (FreespireLive!).??? Then
press Enter. Freespire will now start up in live mode with full functionality. After you have experimented
with it to your satisfaction, you can either begin the installation process or remove the CD
or DVD and reboot to restore your system to its prior state.
The Freespire installer is simple and effective. You select the appropriate option from the boot
screen of the installation CD, and from that point on you pretty much follow the prompts. The
entire installation usually takes 15 to 20 minutes to complete, depending on the speed of your
computer and your CD drive. The following steps walk you through the installation and the initial
startup process:
1. Start the computer and boot the install CD. You??™ll see several options, as shown in
Figure 15-2.
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