On Sun, 2003-02-16 at 12:11, Greg wrote: > All: > > I have two laptops: work's Compaq Armada running W2K and my massive, > heavy, beastly Toshiba running RH 8.0. > > I am looking for a way NOT to drag my Toshiba halfway around the world > on this trip. The only real reason I am taking it is so I can practice > C programming while stuck overseas. > > Is there any way I can build a CD to boot from with a minimal > distribution so I can pop that into my Compaq, boot up Linux and just > have enough stuff on there to write some C programs from the command > line? Or what are my other options? Being on-line in the hotel costs > money so I can't do a linux terminal server whenever I want which is a > bummer. > > Any ideas or suggestions are very welcome at this point.
Hi Greg, Try Knoppix: http://www.knoppix.net/ http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/ its a "Linux on a bootable CDR" distro that will probably do exactly what you want. With it and a few floppies (or some other way to store your C codes as you modify them), you'll be set. hth, Ed -- Edward H. Hill III, PhD Post-Doctoral Researcher | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Division of ESE | URLs: http://www.eh3.com Colorado School of Mines | http://cesep.mines.edu/people/hill.htm Golden, CO 80401 | Phones: 303-384-2094, 303-273-3483
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