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Bootable OS?
Name: Hippie Joe Date: November 11, 2002 at 21:00:54 Pacific OS: RedHat8 CPU/Ram: 933
Comment:
Hey there everyone.
I was wondering if anyone knew where i could find a bootable OS. I know Linux has bootable kernals that fit on a 3.5, however I heard of a Linux OS that basically ran right off of a cd and stayed pretty much right in main memory. In fact i think there was a post here somewhere a long time ago about it.
Maybe someone out there knows where I can find something like this. Thanks a ton and keep on keeping on.
Name: mike Date: November 11, 2002 at 22:47:52 Pacific
Reply:
Yup... knoppix
http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
It has Openoffice, xmms, 3 different browsers etc etc etc all on 1 cd. It's fantastic. No harddrive necessary. But if you have one, you can still access it after booting off the cd.
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Response Number 2
Name: Trip Date: November 12, 2002 at 08:10:17 Pacific
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The nice thing about knooppix is that it is fairly easy to copy the contents to the HD later if you decide that linux may be for you. Its based on debian too, so I think you get the nice features of apt-get, but not sure...
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Response Number 3
Name: Chris Hodapp Date: November 12, 2002 at 09:44:12 Pacific
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I believe there is something called DemoLinux that's about the same... go to linux.org in the distributions section and check it out for yourself.
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