how to take screenshots of an installation?

santasballz · 06-05-2004, 01:42 PM

i am doing a project for school where i have to make a tutorial for installing a distro. i was wondering how i can take screenshots of the installation? i don't want to use a digital camera to take the pictures externally because they will be ugly.

anyway i can do this?

itsjustme · 06-05-2004, 01:54 PM

The first step is to locate the Search button at the top of this page.
Then search. You'll find lots and lots of threads about taking sceenshots.

I personally use gimp mostly.

santasballz · 06-05-2004, 02:03 PM

.... how can you use gimp when the distro is not even installed (or is in the process being installed)...

itsjustme · 06-05-2004, 02:08 PM

That's just what I use. There are many other ways to do it. Hence, the search recommendation.

EThitop · 06-05-2004, 02:19 PM

One easy way would be to use VMware and install a distro.

homey · 06-05-2004, 04:02 PM

I'm not sure about other distros but during a Redhat graphical installation, you can press SHIFT-Print Screen and a screenshot of the current installation screen will be taken. These are stored in the following directory:
/root/anaconda-screenshots/

Systematic · 06-05-2004, 04:02 PM

go with either vmware or virtual pc (i know its a M$ product)
install your os there and you can take SS of every step via ctrl-printscreen and pasting the SS into your favorite graphics editor (photoshop preffered).

Thats how i built my slack install guide for a site coming soon!.

santasballz · 06-05-2004, 04:04 PM

k thx