On Sun, Jun 13, 2004 at 02:18:16PM -0500, Ian Melnick wrote: > Hello all, > > I'd like to use a "live" cd and be able to save my stuff to it without > requiring a separate medium. What I'd like to happen is partition a > cd-rw so that the first part is from the iso that I'd download from > somewhere, and the second part would be a writable filesystem (udf?) > that I'd be able to mount as /home. > > First of all, given the speed that these things write/read at, is this > idea realistic/possible? > > Second, if it is, how would I go about doing it?
Well, if you're going to like the speed, I don't know. However, Morphix (www.morphix.org) is a very nice modular knoppix-based livecd distro, and there are guides for just the thing you want. The CD-Persistant mini-module lets you save your home directory and/or your configs to the same LiveCD you're using by creating another session on the CD, so it even works for CD-R. The only catch seems to be that you can do this only once per boot. So, after you have written your files, complete a reboot. The guide is here: http://www.morphix.org/modules/sections/index.php?op=viewarticle&artid=5 or see http://www.morphix.org -> Recipes & Howtos Good luck with it! David -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus. Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
