create a boot-able disk from an iso file

[Lucio M Nicolosi]

On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 6:13 PM, Bill Stanley <bstanle at wowway.com> wrote:
> On 01/10/2011 02:47 PM, Lucio M Nicolosi wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Bill Stanley<bstanle at wowway.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Very good news!  Now some further questions.  On the download page of the
>>> Ubuntu website I see that there is a separate web-page for netbooks.
>>>  What's
>>> the difference (if any) between a laptop and a netbook.   I suspect that
>>> I
>>> do not want the netbook version.  Should I go to the desktop download
>>> page
>>> and select 64-bit desktop?  I have, up to now, used only a traditional
>>> desktop.  Are there special procedures to use when installing Ubuntu to a
>>> laptop?
>>
>> Bill,
>>
>> I guess you hijacked your own thread, wasn't the subject "create a
>> boot-able disk from an iso file"?
>>
>> I also suppose you want the desktop edition for your notebook. But I
>> could be wrong.
>>
>> Simple rule:
>>
>> More than 3.5 GB RAM memory ->  64 bit system
>>
>> (Although I have a 2 GB station that runs happily on 64, installed by
>> mistake)
>>
>> As for special instructions regarding laptops installs, better put
>> them on the table because they tend to warm your lap and people say it
>> isn't good for your... sorry, too much OT...
>
>
> Oops!  You are right about hijacking this thread.  I actually started a
> different thread to ask that question.
>
> The laptop actually belongs to an older woman and I am trying to do a favor
> for her.  She had her Windows  OS THOROUGHLY trashed by a virus. It was so
> bad that she decided to give Ubuntu a try.  So I have a few chores to
> consider.
>
> The first decision was 64-bit or 32 bit.  That has been settled as there is
> no reason to go with 64 bit with less than 4 Gb of RAM.
>
> the second decision was that she still wants to access Windows occasionally.
>   ( I can't blame her for her apprehensions, it's a big step to take for
> most people.)  Wine is out of the question for the average computer user.  I
> considered dual boot but that would leave much of the HD as idle most of the
> time.  She also would have troubles sharing data.  That leaves the VM
> running WinXP.  She is proficient enough to handle most of the issues of a
> VM.  The problem was that the virus badly corrupted the reinstall partition
> that Dell puts on the HD.  They also do not give a physical reinstall disk.
>  Unless someone knows of a legal way to get a reinstall image for use in the
> VM i'm forced to go pirate even though I don't like it.
>
> Bill Stanley
>

Since some messages were inadvertently sent directly to the OP instead
of the list, I'm re-posting then for easier understanding.


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