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Run Linux with
No Hard Disk
Did you
know that you can run Linux and connect to the internet without a hard
disk?
You can
run Linux using only your CD ROM! This is an awesome demonstration on
the flexibility and power of Linux!
Now you can sell that 1.5 gig hard drive...and still be able to connect
to the internet :)
This works great for recovering data from a hard drive....also you can
access the internet if you are connected to it from a network.
Go to: http://lab.dyne.org/DyneBolic
Download the: dynebolic-0.3.iso.gz
only 47mb xwindows based(blackbox)
Unzip the file once downloaded
Burn the image to CD as an image
Place the new CD with the image into your CD ROM drive
Reboot from the CR ROM
.... and Linux is up and running...........WITHOUT using the hard drive
at all
Take the CD back out and reboot and your back into your normal
system.... doesn't mess with the hard drive (unless you mount it to do
data recovery etc.)
Mandrake Guy tells us
"Now you can run Linux on your windows machines without even installing
it! Great if you want to see a little of what Linux can do! This CD
based distro auto-configured all the settings. I just had to tell it to
use DCHP to connect through my lan..... here's an excerpt from the
website:"
features
* easy to use
* no need to install or to change any data on the hard disk
* yes, it will work even if you have Microsoft Windows installed
* automatic hardware recognition and configuration
* network cards
* sound cards
* BTTV video cards
* USB devices
* ready to use desktop including common netsurfing tools
* includes MuSE 0.6.2 to stream audio on the net
* includes FreeJ 0.2.1 and Hasciicam 0.9 for realtime video effects
* includes Mozilla 0.9.4 to surf on the net
* stable and reliable GNU/Linux environment
requirements
* i586 CPU (Pentium MMX / AMD K6) or better
* IDE CD-ROM reader
* 64Mb of RAM
* PS/2 mouse
if you have tried this, send us feedback
Article from Mandrake Guy on Linux-tips.net
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