[Gllug] Knoppix and similar

[NorthLondon John]

On 16 Sep 2004, at 08:37, Andrew Black (li) wrote:

> Hi
> I want to run Linux on a machine currently with Windoze.  I don't 
> (yet) want
> to remove windoze or work out which partitions are wipeable.  Hence I 
> want
> to boot from a CD.
>
> I have an old version of Knoppix and was wondering if this is the way 
> to go,
> or whether there are other similar version of Linux to look at.
> Do these versions have the ability to store settings on the HD of the
> machine?

Yup, Knoppix is the way to go if you want to dip a toe in, experiment 
etc. Also very useful for checking that hardware works, getting configs 
etc.
There are live-cds that allow you to save settings to hd without 
partitioning etc - demolinux (site seems to be down) and dynebolic ( 
http://www.dynebolic.org/ ). If you have a usb port, Mandrake Move is 
designed to keep lots of settings, files etc on a pen drive. (I imagine 
that this should be possible with any live cd, but YMMV)
>

John

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