RE: How To Use Live CD

["Michael Avila" <Michael Avila 1 sbcglobal net>]

Thank you so much for your help. This is my 2nd or 3rd attempt at Linux. So
far it is going much better than the previous attempts.

I was trying to install it using

yum install gnome

so I guess I was a little off course! LOL  But you got me going. The docs on
CentOS give the impression that gnome is indeed installed but I could not
find it. My son told me to try setup and look in there but it was not there.
I am coming from a Windows background and feel more comfortable using a GUI
even though I have been using the DOS command line for years. I have some
Solaris experience also.

Looking at your commands it looks like I have a lot to learn! But it is
going better. Gnome is downloading now. Hopefully I'll have some disk space
left as I only have an 8 GB disk and I am trying to set up qmail as a mail
server.

It is on file 88 of 134 so it should be done soon. Again, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH for your assistance for helping me to get a good hold on getting
started and a great feeling about Linux.

Mike


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gezim Hoxha [mailto:gezimetc telus net]
> Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 2:08 AM
> To: MikeA; desktop-devel-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: How To Use Live CD
>
>
> Hi Mike and welcome to Linux.
>
> Since you do have CentOS 4.2 installed on your hard drive trying GNOME
> is trivial. Chances are you already have GNOME installed.
> (To see if you already have GNOME, when you boot your computer, at the
> first login screen (in graphical mode) you should see a "session"
> button, if you click on it you'll have a choice of which desktop you
> want to run, and GNOME should be there. Just choose GNOME and then
> login.)
> However if this is not the case, you can install gnome with this
> commansds (from a terminal window):
> rpm --import /usr/share/doc/rpm-*/RPM-*
> yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop Environment"
>
> Happy Linux-ing :)
>
> -Gezim
>
> On Sat, 2006-07-01 at 19:43 -0500, MikeA wrote:
> > Pardon my stupidity. I am new to Linux and to Gnome. I
> appreciate any help to understand how to use
> > the CD so I can determine if I like Gnome.
> >
> > I downloaded the .iso file and put it on a CD. I tried to boot
> from it but that would not work. So
> > how do I read the CD from Linux? I have Centos 4.2 installed.
> >
> > Thank you for your help.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> >
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