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| =====DVD or USB boot?===== | =====DVD or USB boot?===== |
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| If your machine has a DVD drive and you have a blank DVD to spare then the easiest way to boot KXStudio is to burn the .iso to a DVD. [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto|Full instructions]] are available for burning an iso file to a DVD under Windows, Mac, and GNU/Linux. Booting from a USB drive is faster than from DVD. Also, a USB drive can be set to save updates and work and function as a working system; but you won't experience the full speed and capacity of KXStudio until you install it to a hard drive. | If your machine has a DVD drive and you have a blank DVD to spare then the easiest way to boot KXStudio is to burn the .iso to a DVD. [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto|Full instructions]] are available for burning an iso file to a DVD under Windows, Mac, and GNU/Linux. |
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| If using USB, you will need a FAT32 formatted USB drive with at least 2 GB free space. You can then use the freely available [[http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/|unetbootin]] under Windows, OSX or Linux to transfer the iso file and make it boot from your USB drive. Using Unetbootin is as simple as selecting the 'Diskimage' option, browsing to and selecting your downloaded KXStudio iso file, selecting the correct USB drive from the 'Drive' drop-down menu and then clicking OK. After a few minutes wait you will be told when your USB drive is safe to be removed and ready to be booted. | The other option is to boot from a USB drive. USB drives are faster than DVDs and can be set to save updates and work and function as a working system; but you won't experience the full speed and capacity of KXStudio until you install it to a hard drive. |
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| | If using USB, you will need a FAT32 formatted USB drive with at least 2 GB free space. You can then use the freely available [[http://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=11479|Easy2Boot]],[[http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/|unetbootin]] or the Ubuntu Startup Disk Creator to transfer the iso file and make it boot from your USB drive. Easy2Boot requires a little more effort to set up than unetbootin or USDC but it allows you to boot multiple ISOs from a single USB drive, which is immensely useful. |
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| | Using Unetbootin is as simple as selecting the 'Diskimage' option, browsing to and selecting your downloaded KXStudio iso file, selecting the correct USB drive from the 'Drive' drop-down menu and then clicking OK. After a few minutes wait you will be told when your USB drive is safe to be removed and ready to be booted. |
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| =====Booting KXStudio===== | =====Booting KXStudio===== |
