[TriLUG] Knoppix + chroot question

[Jason Tower]

you can run userspace programs from inside a chroot, but i don't think a 
kernel is gonna work.

i think there are at least a few livecd linux distros that include the 
necessary kernel and userspace programs needed for accel 3d support, 
usually nvidia.

i remember one time a while back jeremy portzer was at my place and we 
wanted to play bzflag.  he was using $WIFE's pc with knoppix (she used 
win98 at the time, but runs linux now), which did not include bzflag.  
it took a while but we somehow managed to get it working, unfortunately 
i don't remember exactly how.  but it is possible.

jason

On Sunday 24 October 2004 21:35, Carlos J. Cela wrote:
> Hi,
>
> There is a PC at work I  need to be able to run Linux on, but the IT
> guys are not very fond of installing a double boot... I thought on
> using one of the distros that come with a LiveCD, and booting Linux
> from it...my two concerns are:
>
> 1) I need to be able to use accelerated OpenGL. The PC is suppose to
> have has a high end video card (not sure about make/model, will check
> tomorrow) and it might need a patched kernel.. can I use a custom
> kernel with a LiveCD?
> 2) If I need to install/run some software not in theLiveCD, how do I
> go about?
>
> Is it possible to have one partition dedicated to Linux and somehow
> run a kernel from there without a double boot? Is this what chroot is
> suppose to be used for? What LiveCD do you guys recommend? I have
> used Knoppix from time to time, but will appreciate any
> idea/suggestion...
>
> Thanks,
> Carlos-