Re: [SLUG] minimal live CD
On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 19:38 +1000, David wrote: I just used a live CD for the first time (Ubuntu), and as good as it is, all I really want is a shell for diagnostics. It took ages to install. Can anyone suggest a live distro that either doesn't have X at all, or has an option to bypass it. Naturally it would be nice if it was reasonably modern with most of the latest drivers etc. I've looked at the Knoppix website, but that looks similar in concept to Ubuntu. systemrescuecd-x86-0.2.15.iso has a few useful programs and fits on a small (8cm) CD. INSERT-1.3.5a_en.iso is even smaller (50MB) and fits on a business card sized CD. dsl-1.5.iso is a small general purpose distro which also fits on a business card sized CD. Puppy fits on a small USB stick. Current version is 1.0.4 with 1.0.5 due out next week. cheers, Ken -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] minimal live CD
David wrote: I've looked at the Knoppix website, but that looks similar in concept to Ubuntu. There are a million Knoppix variants, but if you want a Knoppix shell you can simply boot knoppix with knoppix 2 at the boot prompt. it boots runlevel 2 I think - all knoppix root shell, with all hardware and software available, except X. dave -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] minimal live CD
On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 21:30 +1000, Ken Caldwell wrote: On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 19:38 +1000, David wrote: I just used a live CD for the first time (Ubuntu), and as good as it is, all I really want is a shell for diagnostics. It took ages to install. Can anyone suggest a live distro that either doesn't have X at all, or has an option to bypass it. Naturally it would be nice if it was reasonably modern with most of the latest drivers etc. I've looked at the Knoppix website, but that looks similar in concept to Ubuntu. systemrescuecd-x86-0.2.15.iso has a few useful programs and fits on a small (8cm) CD. I'll second the vote for sysrescuecd. I almost always have a copy in my car/bag/pocket. It has a small X server, but doesn't run by default. My only complaint with it is that the last time I did any work on SLUG's server, the sysrescuecd I had with me only had a 2.4 kernel. Made playing with software RAID a bit more annoying. Puppy fits on a small USB stick. Current version is 1.0.4 with 1.0.5 due out next week. And my other favourite distribution is Tom's rootboot ( http://www.toms.net/rb/ ). It'll fit on a floppy if you can format it to 1.7MB (most are happy to do this). Or if you're feeling extravagant, there's a 3MB CD boot image. -- Pete -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
