<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430786267343_3736">I did a little web-searching and found that all it takes to make a live USB from a ISO file is <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430786267343_4971" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430786267343_4972" dir="ltr"> dd bs=4M if=/path/to/<file_name>.iso of=/dev/sdX && sync <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430786267343_4222" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430786267343_4223" dir="ltr">So I will easily be able to test the new laptop. If it passes, I will do the install to internal drive. If not, I have the receipt in a safe place.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430786267343_4620" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430786267343_4621" dir="ltr">As others have indicated, Ubuntu probably has the drivers (if they exist). If I install Debian, I have to do some thinking about the purity of FOSS vs. non-free. At least the Linux world gives each of us choices.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430786267343_5216" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430786267343_4968" dir="ltr">Paul<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430786267343_3899"><br> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430786267343_3645" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430786267343_3644" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430786267343_3643" dir="ltr"> <hr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430786267343_3642" size="1"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430786267343_5131" face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Dana Goyette <danagoyette@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Conspire List <conspire@linuxmafia.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, May 4, 2015 3:12 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [conspire] test drive of new laptop<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430786267343_5132" class="y_msg_container"><br>Ubuntu has a LiveUSB creator that can create the persistence file, and<br clear="none">you can still use the flash drive as a FAT32 flash drive. If you need<br clear="none">to use Windows to create the LiveUSB disk, this program can do it:<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.linuxliveusb.com/" target="_blank">http://www.linuxliveusb.com/</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 10:59 PM, Paul Zander <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:pazander@pacbell.net" href="mailto:pazander@pacbell.net">pazander@pacbell.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">> Thanks for suggestion of USB. Having looked up the process, it should be<br clear="none">> easier to copy to the ISO to USB than to make sure I get the right settings<br clear="none">> on the CD burn procedure. I've wasted more then one disk by burning the<br clear="none">> .ISO as a file.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> I'm thinking I would start by making a Ubuntu Live USB and then use it to<br clear="none">> play some assortment of online videos. This should (hopefully) verify some<br clear="none">> degree functionality of the graphics drivers. Anything else I should test<br clear="none">> while I can still have time to return the machine?<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Later when I actually install Debian, I can focus on getting the correct<br clear="none">> packages (possibly non-free, etc.) with minimal risk caused by<br clear="none">> non-compatible hardware for which no driver exists.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Paul<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> ________________________________<br clear="none">> From: Ehud Kaldor <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:ehud.kaldor@gmail.com" href="mailto:ehud.kaldor@gmail.com">ehud.kaldor@gmail.com</a>><br clear="none">> To: Paul Zander <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:paulz@ieee.org" href="mailto:paulz@ieee.org">paulz@ieee.org</a>>; Conspire List <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com" href="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com">conspire@linuxmafia.com</a>><br clear="none">> Sent: Saturday, May 2, 2015 9:12 PM<br clear="none">> Subject: Re: [conspire] test drive of new laptop<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> i would recommend running of USB, if that's an option. on top of not using a<br clear="none">> media (eco) you can (at least with Ubuntu) have persistence, so if you<br clear="none">> reboot it will not be reset to begin mode. all distros probably have tools<br clear="none">> (or tutorials) on doing that. and on that - MultiSystem is a nice utility to<br clear="none">> create multi-boot USBs, where you can choose at boot time what to use. it<br clear="none">> also supports Windows, if that a need.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 11:26 PM Paul Zander <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:paulz@ieee.org" href="mailto:paulz@ieee.org">paulz@ieee.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> I just bought a new laptop. I want to install Debian. Knowing that laptops<br clear="none">> can have components that are not compatible with Linux I thought it would be<br clear="none">> a good idea to first run from a live CD and put the graphics, etc through<br clear="none">> "test drive".<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> What would be a good candidate for the live CD? Ubuntu, Jessie?<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> What particular things should I try?<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Paul<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">> conspire mailing list<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com" href="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com">conspire@linuxmafia.com</a><br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire" target="_blank">http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire</a><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yqt1724666686" id="yqtfd67818"><br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">> conspire mailing list<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com" href="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com">conspire@linuxmafia.com</a><br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire" target="_blank">http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire</a><br clear="none">><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">conspire mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com" href="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com">conspire@linuxmafia.com</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire" target="_blank">http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>