Burning and Booting the live CD

Burning the CD

After you have downloaded the iso file, you are ready to burn it onto a CD. You need a CD of at least 700MB. How to burn the CD depends on which Operating System you use.

Linux

Burning a CD on Linux can be done with a lot of different applications. We recommend Brasero. First, insert an empty CD in your computers disc drive. After starting Brasero, choose Burn image. In the Image burning setup, click on path and select the puredyne iso file. After that press Burn.

If the burn button is not available, this means something is wrong. Perhaps the CD or DVD you inserted in your drive is not writable or has already got data on it. Check the disc and try again.

Windows

There are plenty of CD burning applications for Windows. Start your favourite CD burning application and choose to burn a CD image from an iso file. Select the pure:dyne iso file and burn the CD.

OSX

Insert a blank disc. Start Disk Utility. From the File menu, choose Open Disk Image and select the ISO to be burned. In the list of volumes, you will now see an item representing the ISO file. Select it. Click the Burn button and follow the instructions.

Booting from the CD

To boot from CD, insert the CD into your CD-drive and (re)boot your computer. In most cases, your computer will automatically boot from the pure:dyne CD. (On a Mac you may need to hold the "c" key while the Mac starts up, to boot from drive.) A login and password dialog box will appear. You are ready to start using pure:dyne. See: Logging in and Starting X

Changing the BIOS

If your computer doesn't automatically boot from CD, you need to change a setting in your computer's BIOS. Most PC's allow you to enter the BIOS settings quickly after you start your computer. You are usually prompted to press F12 or F2 to enter the BIOS (check your computers manual if no information is displayed at boot).

Once you entered the BIOS settings, look for the Boot Sequence. You should change the sequence so that the CD drive is first in the list, the hard drive later. It differs per computer how this is done, please check the manual of your computer if you are unsure how to change these settings.