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Author: Thomas Mondoshawan Tate
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Subject: Complete Linux System on a CD
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On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 04:08:53AM +0000, Matt Alexander wrote:
> I just heard about this and it's so cool I thought I'd pass it on... OK,=

it's not=20
> THAT cool, but still pretty gosh darn nifty.
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> http://www.demolinux.org/
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> Basically, it's a CD that you boot from that puts you immediately in fron=

t of a=20
> Linux system. No disk partitioning, no muss, no fuss. This could be gre=

at if you=20
> wanted to show someone Linux on their system, but they weren't ready to=

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> re-partition and format their drive just to test it out. Also, as the we=

bsite=20
> mentions, you could use this CD to boot into Linux on just about any comp=

uter. So=20
> let's say you're at work, for example... you shutdown the system, boot f=

rom the=20
> CD, and presto! You're running Linux! Then when you're done, you reboot=

, and the=20
> system goes back to its previous OS. And those pesky anti-Linux IT guys =

never=20
> know... ;-)
> ~M


Hee hee...
I did something similar using a Client/Server distribution I redesigned on
two Zip disks at DeVry. Thing is, since it used NFS to mount the /usr
directory from the Server, it killed NT print servers.

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Thomas "Mondoshawan" Tate

http://tank.dyndns.org/presence

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