SLAX Live-CD [WAS: Re: Which live CD?]

[Dennis Kibbe]

On Wednesday 04 October 2006 00:52, Jim wrote:
> Yesterday I downloaded an iso ubuntu-6.06.1-desktop-i386.iso and burned
> it to a CD.  Then I rebooted the machine to try it.  I mounted an NTFS
> partition and noticed something.  The  mp3 files wouldn't play.  Neither
> would it play xvid/mp3 avi files.  However it does play ogg files.
>
> I want a live CD or DVD that I can boot a machine with and not have any
> problems playing mp3s, or any of the most common audio and video
> formats.  Which one would would be best for my needs?
>
> Thanks


Check out SLAX (slax.org) and its modules.

" SLAX provides a feature called modularity. You can download modules from the 
Internet and include them on your own CD to enhance your SLAX version 
pursuant to your needs."

Slax is based on Slackware and weighs in under 200Mb. With Slax's copy2ram 
option you'd be able to free up your CD/DVD drive.

SLAX has instructions on rolling your own version as well.

Dennisk