Chris Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 SLAX is a small bootable CD containing the Linux operating system. It runs Linux directly from the CD without installing. The Live CD described here is based on the Slackware GNU Linux distribution and is downloadable from this website as an ISO image. All scripts and source code are available and can be used to build your own Live CD.Lots more | Heregrrrr it don't detect my keyboard :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christmascracker Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 mmmmmmmm I'm going to give this a go I think :) What keyboard you got powerless? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhat Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 I luv slackware :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christmascracker Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 I've downloaded it so I'll give it a go later on tonight :) quite exciting!!I think I'll do an image first - just to be on the safe side :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christmascracker Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 :woohoo: After wasting 7 cd-r's (dont ask :rolleyes: )I finally managed to run Linux from the cd - well chuffed with myself :) Well impressed with it too, that's the first time I have ever seen any version of Linux. Looks really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhat Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 Glad you like it :D If your willing to install slackware on a partition, i'd be more than willing to help you :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christmascracker Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 Glad you like it :D If your willing to install slackware on a partition, i'd be more than willing to help you :DThanks, I might just take you up on your kind offer :) There seem to be so many versions of Linux which one is the best (or easiest in my case)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 If you have Redhat to help you, Slackware should be easy, but I prefer Mandrake myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted June 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 To be honest CC, I would download 'em all. Well 3 or 4! :oThen you can get to know which one you like. In a way there all the same, but they look different [some nice, some not] you've got all the software you'll ever need on the CD's.Recently posted http://www.windowsforum.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=11392Up to you :teehee: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christmascracker Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 Thanks powerless, :) how big a partition would I need? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted June 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 3GB would be ok.But i'd say 10GB you never know what you might install. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 Glad you like it :D If your willing to install slackware on a partition, i'd be more than willing to help you :DThanks, I might just take you up on your kind offer :) There seem to be so many versions of Linux which one is the best (or easiest in my case)? It's all a mater of personal choice, as to which distro you use. That's the great thing about Linux, IT'S NOT WINDOWS. You can customize your OS to meet YOUR needs. You can add / remove packages that you want or don't want. I recomend trying a number of different Live CD's, because there are many differences (and similarities) between each.I like Knoppix most.Linspire or 'Lindows' is too much like windows, I use linux to get away from that. :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christmascracker Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 Would I be better off using my second HDD (used for backup) for this? :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted June 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 Hmmm up to you.If you do have any problems, your Windows XP [?] would be perfectly ok as its on the other drive.But if something went horribly wrong then you could lose your backups.But I have the same setup as you and did install Madrake Linux to my second drive, but it was all fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christmascracker Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 Better to loose the backups than XP I suppose if anything did go wrong. At least they can be done again and quicker than having to reinstall XP and all those programmes.Ok thanks, looks like I'll be doing a lot of downloading today :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackrat Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 Put it on the second hard drive. The first time I put Xp & Mandrake on the same drive I issued a wrong command in root and trashed XP & mandrake.So I had to re-install every thing.Linux is nothing like windows, it can be fun learning it at times and other times very very frustrating.But when you get it to work right it is far better than Windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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