How to create a Live CD or DVD

Pt. 2 of 10 | 1:47 |

Beginner's Guide to Installing Ubuntu

Tuesday September 21, 2010

If you want to

try Ubuntu

without actually committing part of your hard drive to it, you can do so by

creating a LiveCD or DVD

. These discs act sort of like

boot discs

and allow you to run Ubuntu on your computer without using system resources. We'll show you

how to create a LiveCD

or DVD in this episode.

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Show Notes

Download Ubuntu 32-bit

Download Ubuntu 64-bit

- You will end up with an .ISO disc image.

- You want to burn this ISO image to a CD or DVD.

- You can use ISO Image Burner or Free Create-Burn ISO.

- Find others by searching butterscotch or Tucows for "Burn ISO."

- Put a blank disc in your drive and burn the image.

- Be sure to label your disc when it's done.

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