[PLUG] Using Knoppix to burn data to DVD

Derek Loree drl at drloree.com
Thu Oct 18 14:29:02 UTC 2007


On Wed, 2007-10-17 at 13:20 -0700, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> > On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:03:31 -0700
> > "Larry Brigman" <larry.brigman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > > Use a LiveCD that loads the FS into ram so the drive is free for
> > > other things.
> 
> Slax!!!
> 
> All you Slackware users now have a new devotee. Loads into RAM if you
> give it the "copy2ram" boot option, pops the CD out, the instructions
> say how to log in as root, how to start x, and there you are - a
> complete KDE desktop with an icon for K3b right in the system tray. It
> even automatically mounted /dev/hda2. Coolness!

Knoppix will load into ram as well, just type "knoppix toram" at the
boot prompt.  Since it copies the entire contents of the CD into RAM,
you will need at least 1Gig on board to hold the CD and still have some
memory to run programs in.

Good Luck,

-- 
Derek Loree




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