Bootable Linux-on-a-CD

2001-04-25 Thread Mats Eriksson
Hi ! I am frequently confronted with MS Windows-infected PC's that I have to use for simple tasks. It would be cool if I just could load such a PC with a CD, boot Linux from the CD (not using the hard- disk) and have the root file system on the CD, stuffed with common Linux SW. It would be even

Re: Bootable Linux-on-a-CD

2001-04-25 Thread Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier
On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Mats Eriksson wrote: Hi ! I am frequently confronted with MS Windows-infected PC's that I have to use for simple tasks. It would be cool if I just could load such a PC with a CD, boot Linux from the CD (not using the hard- disk) and have the root file system on the CD,

Re: Bootable Linux-on-a-CD

2001-04-25 Thread ray p
Check out www.linuxcare.com/bootable_cd it is just what you are asking for. They have ISO's there for download or just talk your LUG into ordering a bunch and giving you one of the really cool small ones. :) One of the really cool things about this CD is that it just happens to be mostly

Re: Bootable Linux-on-a-CD

2001-04-25 Thread Brad Cramer
: Bootable Linux-on-a-CD On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Mats Eriksson wrote: Hi ! I am frequently confronted with MS Windows-infected PC's that I have to use for simple tasks. It would be cool if I just could load such a PC with a CD, boot Linux from the CD (not using the hard- disk) and have

Re: Bootable Linux-on-a-CD

2001-04-25 Thread James Leigh
I think what he is looking for a complete KDE/GNOME environment to work from, not to rescue from. Check out demolinux. They make CDs of KDE/GNOME to people to try out without installing it on their disk. Everything is on the CD. Of cource it is much slower that way too.

Re: Bootable Linux-on-a-CD

2001-04-25 Thread Debian User Jean-Baptiste Note
Just noticed this new package in SID : bootcd It should allow you to get a system similar to your desktop on a CD. This package actually sounds really cool. -- I'm an occurence of the I love GNU virus. Please help me spread.