13. Addendum: Making ISO CDs

ClarkConnect and Ubuntu 6.06 Desktop require you to download and then burn ISO CDs. Making an ISO CD is not hard. Here's how:

If you are on a Mac:

Download the ISO image to your desktop.

Open Disk Utility (/applications/utilities folder) then you can drag the ISO image from your desktop, and drop it on Disk Utility.

Next, click on the ISO image in Disk Utility, and then click BURN on the Disk Utility toolbar.

Follow the prompts, you are done. This ISO CD can be used to boot your x86 desktop computer and install Ubuntu and ClarkConnect software.

If you are using Windows XP:

You can't burn an ISO CD with the stock software in XP. I'm sure there are other ways to do this, but I've always used Alex Feinman's excellent ISO Recorder to burn ISO CDs from Windows. Go to http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm and download the appropriate version of the software for your XP installation.

Install the iso recorder software.

Download the ISO images for ClarkConnect or Ubuntu to your desktop.

After the ISO image finishes downloading, put a blank CDR in your optical disk drive.

Finally, right-click the ISO image and then select burn from the popup menu. When the ISO is burned, you can use the CD to boot your computer and install software.

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