On Sun, 28 Sep 2003, Robert L martin wrote: > > What about a "metadistro" with a cdrom (in the future a dvdrom) runing > > Mandrake from the cd-driver? similar to Knoppix but with all the Mandrake > > goodies. > > > > there are a couple mandrake related projects to do exactly that. Maybe > Mandrakesoft could "adopt" one of them and or start a wiki node with the > needed info?
No need. # urpmi mklivecd # mklivecd livecd.iso # cdrecord dev=0,0,0 livecd.iso # reboot See http://minicd.berlios.de for more info. > Doing Knoppix MIB with Mandrake files would KILL. I am looking at doing something like this now ... but I'm not sure if I have access to such a version of Knoppix (is it in standard knoppix yet, or still a remastered version?). > (this project boots from cd and then mounts a flash memory key with an > encrypted loopback filesystem that is used for the user home) Ideally, it would be compatible with the pam_mount method so you can use the same $HOME on non-livecd machines. Regards, Buchan -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 ***************************************************************** Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. *****************************************************************
