Difference between revisions of "Live CD Tips"
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===<small>Klik</small>=== | ===<small>Klik</small>=== | ||
| − | Klik is system which packs many popular programs into a single /cmg file suitable for running from /home. Programs can be set up and run with a single | + | Klik is system which packs many popular programs into a single /cmg file suitable for running from /home. Programs can be set up and run with a single ?. See |
[http://klik.atekon.de/ klik website] for details. There is also an entire section in the forum devoted to klik, including instructions on how to set it up for Knoppix. | [http://klik.atekon.de/ klik website] for details. There is also an entire section in the forum devoted to klik, including instructions on how to set it up for Knoppix. | ||
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Unionfs is another important development introduced into Knoppix from Version 3.8 onwards. Unionfs is a virtual filesystem. It creates a writable system file area in ram with all the system directories such as /etc /usr and so on. This is then seamlessly merged with the read-only system files on the CD. A very readable description of unionfs can be found here: [http://www.oreillynet.com/sysadmin/blog/2005/03/knoppix_38_and_unionfs_wow_jus.html Kyle Rankin on unionfs] | Unionfs is another important development introduced into Knoppix from Version 3.8 onwards. Unionfs is a virtual filesystem. It creates a writable system file area in ram with all the system directories such as /etc /usr and so on. This is then seamlessly merged with the read-only system files on the CD. A very readable description of unionfs can be found here: [http://www.oreillynet.com/sysadmin/blog/2005/03/knoppix_38_and_unionfs_wow_jus.html Kyle Rankin on unionfs] | ||
| − | With unionfs, it becomes possible to | + | With unionfs, it becomes possible to ? to the system area. Knoppix can then be treated almost like it is installed on a writable media. You can do install programs with apt-get or synaptic, download and install .deb packages, compile and install new drivers, edit config files in /etc and so on. |
Of course, you may still download an incompatible package which upsets Knoppix's delicate balance and break Knoppix, just like in a hard disk install. But this is a Live CD! The problems go away at the next reboot. | Of course, you may still download an incompatible package which upsets Knoppix's delicate balance and break Knoppix, just like in a hard disk install. But this is a Live CD! The problems go away at the next reboot. | ||
