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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Simon Waters <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Solfius wrote: |>If you are just experimenting then why not try some of the livecd |>distributions like Knoppix? Most of them can be installed onto the hard |>disk if you like them. | | Are you saying you can install a livecd distribution to the hard drive? I | assumed it could only be used as a bootable CD, and you'd have to find a | different version to install it permanently? Knoppix (and some others) has a function specifically to do this built in. My concern would be how to get updates - the beauty of Debian as a distro is the ease with which you can update it and maintain new versions, my guess is the Knoppix distro (which is Debian based) will have a less well maintained set of repositories, or a set which are focused on building working livecd's. Still you can always track down some Knoppix users and ask how well it works running from hard disk.
As far as I am aware, when you install Knoppix on a HD you essentially have a weird mix of testing/Sid, with the Debian repositories in the /etc/apt/sources.list. So you are using the same packages as anyone else using Debian, and can eventually get your Knoppix in line with either Testing or Sid. I haven't actually tried this though, so I'm not quite sure what the details are.
Debian installs really aren't as hard as some people like to give the impression, and there are plenty of people here willing to help.
And the new (currently beta) installer that is being prepared for the, hopefully not do distant, release of Woody is fantastic, IMO, and pretty easy to use, if less pretty than Red Hat's Anaconda installer. - -- James jamesk[at]homeric[dot]co[dot]uk All extremists should be taken out and shot. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8 <http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/> iD8DBQFAw0mMqfSmHkD6LvoRAs4pAJ0cSEesu5ZMIj+0KWY77PCfOyGNiACdHPwH onY5dauhSd+j/qE2RhML2vA= =bdrR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.