Question 3.

Write the steps for installing a network printer in Windows 2000 and LINUX
operating system.

Solution:-

Step 1
Typically, there are three safe ways how to install the Linux platform onto a machine
that is running the Microsoft Windows Operating System. To execute Linux using the
Virtual PC, go to step 6. To make use of the Wubi installer, skip to step 10.

Step 2
The first technique in running the Linux Operating System on a Windows platform
machine involves the use of the Live Disk. Launch your Web browser and download the
Live Disk version from the Linux site.

Step 3
Save the file onto the hard drive of your machine. Once the downloading process is
completed, open any authoring program which will burn the file onto a CD or DVD
media to create the Live Disk.

Step 4
Upon completion of the Live Disk, reboot the machine making sure that the first boot
device is the CD or DVD drive. This allows Linux to run directly from the optical media.
A drawback to this though is that it is comparatively slow compared to running the
Operating System from the hard drive. This process however does not require the
partitioning of the hard drive.

Step 5
To boot back into Windows, simply remove the Live Disk and reboot the machine. Live
Disk may also be distributed freely with some computer magazines.

Step 6
To use Virtual PC, launch your Web browser and go to the website of Microsoft to
download the application.

Step 7
Upon completion of the download process, install the file into your machine. This will
create a virtual machine which will share resources with the host computer.

Step 8
Load the ISO format file of the Linux Operating System in the virtual machine which will
execute the platform. This eliminates the need to create a Live Disk version of Linux.



Step 9
To go back to the Windows platform, simply unload the ISO file and the corresponding
virtual machine program.

Step 10
The last method is using the Wubi installer which will put the Ubuntu version of the
Linux Operating System into your machine as part of the Windows file system.

Step 11
Upon completion of the installation process, reboot the machine completely.

Step 12
On boot up the user will be given the option either to boot Ubuntu or the Windows
platform. Choosing Ubuntu will complete the process as well as prepare the hard drive
to be used under Linux.

Step 13
Reboot the machine again and select Ubuntu to start using the Linux platform. Wubi like
most Window-based programs can be uninstalled using the Add/Remove Programs
function.