I have booted Mandriva linux one 2008 downloaded from here: http://www.mandriva.com/en/download/free

As I understand it's a live-CD. Or should I use PClinux live cd based on Mandriva? I get question fo localhost login. In other forums I read:

"Remove the DVI connector, keep only the VGA one and try again..."

and here in this forum I read: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...t+login+livecd

If I should remove the DVI connector, how?

Did you manage to install Mandriva One or is it asking you to login when you boot from the cd?

There's no harm in trying PClinuxOS, in fact I would say it's the better choice for a newbie.

When I boot from CD it asks to login. Yes, I could use PCLinuxOS (and I tried) but I just wanted to try Mandriva without installing it.

On Distrowatch I read this:
"You can also install PCLinuxOS to your hard drive with an easy-to-use livecd-installer." Is it easy to install PLOS on a XP PC without disturbing XP?

PCLinuxOS could also be used with USB I read on wikipedia. If I use USB with PCLOS is it possible to still use the USB for other purposes?

If I wan't a userfriendly liveCD working with USB and not with high system requirements, what should I use? I heard Ubuntu is not so slim and Gnoppix/Knoppix is based on Ubuntu. Not Damnsmallinux but preferably Damnuserfriendlyquitesmallinux.