[TriLUG] help! looking for alt. ways to load Linux

[Ed Hill]

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


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