Subj : Re: LiveCDs
To   : comp.os.linux
From : patrick
Date : Mon Jul 05 2004 03:08 pm

jmh wrote:
> Crashdamage wrote:
> 
>> You also might want to try one or two of the run-direct-from-CD distros
>> like pcLinuxOS or Knoppix.  Dowload and burn the CD, then just boot from
>> the CD and it will load a fully-functional Linux distro, including
>> borwser, office software, etc without changing anything on your system.
>> Just remove the CD and reboot and your machine is back to Windoze XP,
>> unharmed.  These are somewhat limited of course, but let you get your
>> feet wet and see if your hardware causes any trouble.  
> 
> 
> Quick question on these CD-based versions. Do they allow a
> partition on the local hard drive to be mounted and
> formated? I've never even looked at these alternatives
> but it might be the most sensible approach to being able to
> run linux on a laptop I have without doing more than
> running a partitioning sw to make a portion of the existing
> disk available. I'd only need to the occasional time.
> 
> TIA
> 
> jmh
> 

KnoppixV3.4-05-17-2004 includes text based (in a console window), CFDISK 
and FDISK, and, in the GUI, QTPARTED.

All work fine on every computer I have seen (I test about 6 to 20 
systems each week in stores, homes, to demonstrate Knoppix, PHLAK, 
Morphix distros).

Look at all these Live CDs! http://www.frozentech.com/content/livecd.php

Also, check out: http://linuxiso.org
http://distrowatch.com

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