[UFO Chicago] live linux distro to boot from CD not DVD
Carey Tyler Schug
sqrfolkdnc at comcast.net
Mon Jan 4 06:19:01 PST 2016
She could afford a current core-7 four way processor, but chooses to
spend money elsewhere, so I don't want to contribute cash. Over the
years she has had several failures, since the last time I tried to help
on site, I think she has gotten a newer castoff so I don't know what she
has now.
The last time she had problems, she had a relative fix her computer
(re-stamp? de-virus? dunno, she is very secretive), but t hat took 2
months during which time she was not responding to emails. This is for
next time. She won't switch to a new computer I supply her (one of my
cast offs may still be better than hers), she has no room to store an
extra computer in case she might someday need it.
I'm learning tricks myself, and will probably build stockpile something
myself, though I might use an official rescue disk with recovery tools.
For that I would like a "rescue disk" plus office suite (but no database).
Since my first post, I have built both 32 bit and 64 bit USB sticks with
a second FAT partition, so the USB could be booted, the failed computers
hard disk mounted, files copied to FAT, then taken to another computer,
say at work. I hadn't known you could partition a USB stick till I
tried it.
I suspect her computer is old enough to not boot from USB though... I
wonder if there is a bootable floppy disk that would boot from USB,
though that's probably too complicated for her.
having office suite on the cd/dvd is so that if there were some
information she needed urgently, she could look at it at least, maybe
print it. Then she could email to somewhere else, or save to a USB.
Don't want to have to teach her Google docs, sorry. she is resistant to
change.
Kind of a new topic, though related...I seem to recall there is or was a
distro that you could install, customize, then build back into a
live/install CD. Any comments? Especially I'd like to build a
firewall on a bootable CD, with settings stored on a floppy or write
protected SDC card, and work files, logging on USB.
--Carey
On 12/26/2015 04:07 PM, Carl Karsten wrote:
> I'm curious about the requirements.
>
> What are the specs of the box?
>
> You 'can' run stuff on very low end equipment, but if it is lower than
> this I would recommend donating the $75 cash to this project and not
> burn up hours struggling a loosing battle.
>
> http://freegeekchicago.org/buy
> Minimum Laptop Hardware Package
> 1.60 GHz Intel Atom or better processor (or AMD equivalent)
> 1.0 GB Random Access Memory (RAM)
>
> I happen to have next to me a 1.4ghz 2g that I use for testing - it
> runs stock Ubuntu good enough.
>
> > sacrifice any relational databases, gimp and other software that
> requires somebody at
> > least somewhat geeky to use. primary needs are office suite
>
> office suite seems like she would want to save to local storage, and
> that seems like it would drift into geeky to use with a live CD.
>
> What about booting from usb stick, which can be a full install with
> r/w and thus local storage? And gigs of space.
>
> > and web browser(s).
>
> which will get you google docs, which gets you "cloud storage" for
> free, no geeky needed. You just sell your soul or something.
>
>
> > Other educational software would be a plus (she is a teacher).
>
> http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/education
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 26, 2015 at 1:07 PM, eviljoel <eviljoel at linux.com
> <mailto:eviljoel at linux.com>> wrote:
>
> Hey Carey,
>
> I know this is an old thread, but you might want to try Lubuntu:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/GetLubuntu
>
> You can get checksum and PGP signature information here:
> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/15.10/release/
>
> Note that Lubuntu fits on a 750 MB CD which pretty much every CD-ROM
> drive supports. Also note that Lubuntu won't have their first long
> term
> support release until April.
>
> Thanks,
> eviljoel
>
> On 12/11/2015 09:55 AM, Jay F. Shachter wrote:
> >
> > Centuries ago, Nostradamus predicted that Carey Tyler Schug
> would write on Fri Dec 11 08:38:19 2015:
> >
> >>
> >> I'm looking for the maximal experience I can get that will boot
> from a
> >> CD not a DVD for an older computer. Assume 32 bit. This is for a
> >> windows friend, I know there are plenty of minimal
> distributions, at
> >> 200 MB or less, but I want as much as will fit on a 680 MB CD.
> >>
> >> This would be for "sort of" rescue. For her to boot from the
> CD, access
> >> the web for mail, maybe mount her hard disk and view if not
> edit documents.
> >>
> >> I don't know what is on current distros at typically 1.1 GB,
> but I can
> >> certainly sacrifice any relational databases, gimp and other
> software
> >> that requires somebody at least somewhat geeky to use.
> >> primary needs are office suite and web browser(s). Other
> educational
> >> software would be a plus (she is a teacher).
> >>
> >> So far I have a slax CD at 226 MB. Maybe this is fulfills the
> above, I
> >> haven't burned it yet.
> >>
> >>
> >> --Carey
> >>
> >
> > I refer you to https://livecdlist.com. Take your pick.
> >
> > It's also easier than you think to burn your own customized live CD
> > image.
> >
> >
> > Jay F. Shachter
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> >
> > "But when she traced the killer's IP address ... it was in
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