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
