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Creating Linux CDs
You can use several tools to create bootable CDs for either installing or just running Linux from CD
images on the DVD or CD. Before you begin, you need to have the following:
DVD or CD ISO images??”Download the ISO images you want to burn to a physical DVD
or CD. (For Freespire only, you can copy the CD image to your hard disk from the DVD
that comes with this book.)
Blank DVDs/CDs??”You need blank DVDs or CDs to burn the images to.
CD burner??”You need a drive that is capable of burning CDs or DVDs, depending on
which you are burning.
Here??™s how to create bootable Linux CDs from a running Linux system (such as Fedora):
1. Download the ISO images you want to your computer??™s hard drive. (You??™ll need between
50MB and 700MB of hard disk space, depending on the size of the CD image you choose.
Single-layer DVD images are usually under 4.7GB.)
2. Open a CD/DVD burning application. For this procedure, I recommend K3B CD/DVD
Burning Facility (www.k3b.org). In Fedora, select the Applications menu and choose
Sound & Video???K3b (or type k3b from a Terminal window). The K3b - CD Kreator
window appears.
K3b may not be installed on your Linux system by default. For Fedora, install K3b by
typing yum install k3b as root user from a Terminal window.
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