Re: Can I Run Linux From a CD??

From: ray (ray_at_zianet.com)
Date: 12/29/04


Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 12:29:14 -0700

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 04:57:39 +0000, Christopher Browne wrote:

> A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, jnorchanian@verizon.net wrote:
>> I'm new to linux and i would like to know if i could run linux from the
>> cd?
>
> If your system can boot from a CD-ROM, then most likely you can.
>
> There are a set of distributions designed for this purpose; look for
> Knoppix.

There is also a 'multi-dist' which I read about a couple of weeks ago on
distrowatch.com - on one CD it includes 6 or 7 distros.



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