[Robotgroup] Brooks offline

[Shane Geiger]

KNOPPIX, the most popular LiveCD

Knoppix is a LiveCD.  This means you can try out the Linux operating 
system without installing anything.  You merely have to boot your 
computer from the CD.  All the software necessary to run will be running 
off the CD itself.  It will not write any changes to a hard drive or a 
USB memory stick unless you want it to.  This is invaluable if your 
installation of Windows starts having problems, as you will be able to 
use this Live CD (Knoppix) to test your hardware (to determine whether 
you have a hardware problem or a software one), retrieve files from the 
hard drive, or even get to the Internet if software problems prevent you 
from doing so otherwise.  You can even use the Live CD to do a complete 
backup (bare-metal backup) of every single bit on your hard drive so 
that you can restore to that state in the future.  (This is impossible 
unless you boot from a medium other than your hard drive, and Knoppix 
makes these kinds of backups as simple as typing the right command.  
Once you get familiar with Knoppix and want to do a bare-metal backup, 
ask me for the commands you need.)

If you really want to install Linux to your hard drive, Knoppix can be 
used to do that, too.  That will make Knoppix run faster because the 
hard drive is faster than the CD-ROM drive.  If you have a gigabyte of 
RAM, you can type "knoppix toram" (without the quotes) on the first 
Knoppix prompt (and then press Enter) to load Knoppix into RAM, which 
will make Knoppix run as fast as your machine can run any software.

http://www.knoppix.net
  - Download the DVD or CD ISO image from there.  Be sure to burn your 
image as a bootable image.  (I prefer the CD because it loads faster and 
you can use the "knoppix toram" trick.)




brooksdesign wrote:
> Hey gang,
>   my hard drive for the laptop fried so I will be offline for a while. Anyone know how to run an OS off of a DVD? I've heard Bill Gates does this for his own system because it is less vulnerable to attacks. 
>   If you need to contact me use the cell number (512) 627-7503
> -brooks 
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Shane Geiger
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