CD-based Knoppix as webserver?

[Rootman]

Why not just install to hdd with knoppix-installer?

Regards,

This wasn't addressed to me but since I am going down the same path I thought I'd answer.

I have a small home server that I built years ago. I got fancy and used removable hard drive cages so I could make exact disk duplicates of my HD as a backup and swap them out when needed. I've found over the years that the HD's develope bad sectors and other problems, pretty much making my disk dup efforts for naught. I've also seen bit rot creep into the system (a Mandrake system) and now the RPM database is totally hosed. I also find it difficult to get a small OS system from the major Linux distro's. They are just packed with junk.

I am after a rock solid OS loader that will not change and that is minimal in size. I happen to be trying to remaster Morphix Light to start out with a smallish system. With the OS on CD I can make multiple copies - I even plan on putting the saved configuration (as a template), the basic web data and tools I used to remaster right on the CD so swaping the entire server out or making another remaster would be a snap.

I guess the short answer is; portability, unchangability, small size and possibly that ability to run from RAM (toram option) to allow the HD to spin down once in a while. Plus I just want to do it