[Lab] A SolidWorks Christmas ...

[Andrew Plumb]

Hey Andrew,

Get http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

After you've created your Live-USB boot drive there may be some sort of "boot from USB" option is set in your machine's BIOS.  That's how I got Ubuntu 10.10 running off an SD card in my little EEE PC.

Andrew.

On 2010-11-19, at 10:58 AM, Andrew O'Malley wrote:

> Andrew,
> 
> Hi, could you tell me more about getting this to work on a Windows PC,
> I've never done it before but would be interested for the sake of some
> Linux s/w:
> 
> "Booting up a Linux distro via USB is easy to do as the need arises."
> 
> Thanks!
> ao.
> 
> 
> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Andrew Plumb <andrew at plumb.org> wrote:
>> I've added a Windows PC to the lab wish-list.
>> 
>> SolidWorks is Windows-only, along with plenty of other software packages and equipment drivers out there.
>> 
>> Booting up a Linux distro via USB is easy to do as the need arises.
>> 
>> Andrew.
>> 
>> On 2010-11-19, at 9:40 AM, krazatchu . wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello members of ORE and ArtEngine,
>>> 
>>> At a yet to be disclosed location, on an unspecified day, I will be giving an introductory seminar on my favorite CAD package, SolidWorks.
>>> The venue will most likely be Algonquin, and the date depending on resources, sometime in the near future...
>>> 
>>> SolidWorks has offered a number of 150 day licenses for use by the attending members of ORE and ArtEngine community.
>>> The purpose of this mail is to determine interest and likewise the number of licenses to give out.
>>> 
>>> If you are interested, reply to the list or reply directly to me at michael at krazatchu.ca.
>>> As SolidWorks is a very comprehensive package, I would also be interested in hearing what areas are of interest.
>>> 
>>> Michael Grant
>>> www.krazatchu.ca
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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