Hi knoppix boot cd is ideal for what you want. It boots a full system, not minimal, is quick and has many nice nifty features (like using swap, saving the config etc) http://www.knoppix.net James
> I trying to setup a workstation mgt. solution for our public > infrastructure in our school. We want to setup a system to create, > restore and manage partition images. > > Basicaly, it comes down to the following > > * we have an ltsp based server > * we have a bootable floppy/cdrom per network card type > * workstations boot in runlevel 3 providing access to the local > (minimal) system > * the workstation has a customized configuration: > - kernel with harddisk and some fstypes upport > - some extra application for doing image- and diskmanagement: > + dd > + partimage > + parted > + ... > > Now I managed to setup ltsp config, get a local system shell, compile a > custom kernel... > But, I want a build environment for the other local apps, and the Q is, > what's the recommended way to setup such a build environment? > > I'm using ltsp 3.0. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: ValueWeb: Dedicated Hosting for just $79/mo with 500 GB of bandwidth! No other company gives more support or power for your dedicated server http://click.atdmt.com/AFF/go/sdnxxaff00300020aff/direct/01/ _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net