On Sun, May 07, 2006 at 10:48:55PM +1200, Neil Stockbridge wrote: > > does anyone know of a "server live CD"? i want to download a live CD > ISO with a system that when booted, configures all network interfaces > via DHCP and then starts sshd. if it has parted too that would be > great.
Neil, Most live cd's store configuration a floppy disk or pen drive so enabling dhcp, the interfaces and route should be easy enough. Having the required modules loaded for the ethernet controller may be by default or need a 'modprobe' command in /etc/rc.d/rc.local. http://www.devil-linux.org/ is a gateway that provides http, ftp and ssh servers. A sample etc.bzip file is provided for the floppy disk on which you can configure the passwd, hosts, rc.local and /etc/sysconfig/network files. http://www.devil-linux.org/documentation/1.2.x/ch01s02.html download url- http://optusnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/devil-linux/devil-linux-1.2.9-i486.tar.bz2 I havn't tried this devil-linux distro. There is a mini floppy distro called MuLinux which can also do the job if you edit the boot and server floppies, but it is no longer under active development and uses a 2.2.X kernel. hth, keith.
