Monday March 23: A review of Dynebolic Linux, part one

Greetings fellow gearheads! In our ongoing exploration of Linux Live CDs, we have stumbled across a very interesting one called “DYNEBOLIC”. Many of you have already had some fun working with it last week, so I decided to give it a try. I found out that this CD is unique: you can “install” it without having to change anything on your hard drive. You just copy a folder! But before you do that, I am going to have each of you copy the contents of some supplemetal CDs I have brought in: they contain a folder that is packed with audio video and image files. Please copy this folder to somewhere inside your computer's hard drive.



Once you have done that, here is what I want you to do:



A) make sure you have Dynebolic started up on your computer

B) You will need to open the folder that displays your hard drive by clicking on the button in the top right corner. It’s the third one down

C) Next, click on the home button just above that. When that folder opens up, there is a place at the top to type in an address. Please type in /mnt/dynebolic

D) This will show you a folder that has inside it a folder called “DYNE”; drag this folder into the folder for your hard drive, then click accept

E) It will now copy this folder to your hard drive. When it is done, close all windows then restart your system by right clicking the desktop then going to EXIT then QUIT, then click the choice to reboot, then click the DO IT button

F) When your computer restarts, make sure the CD is still in the tray, and the tray is still back in the machine. You will go through the same process as before, only you will be asked if you want to boot from the hard drive. Say yes please!

G) The CD will op out, and you are now running Dynebolic from the hard drive. This means you can put in other CDs, including CDs that have music and sound files on them!

H) Please note: there may be a problem accessing the CD drive once you have reached this stage. AND, some of you have USB ports and floppy drives that are not currently working This is why I have had you copy to your hard drive some other material from some supplemental CDs I have brought in.



OK, that's the first step. There's more excitement to come!



Cheers,
Mr. L