[ILUG] Live CD howto.

[Jonathan McLoughlin]

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From: Jonathan McLoughlin <jonathan.mcloughlin at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 07:58:26 -0500
Subject: Re: [ILUG] Live CD howto.
To: Dale Dunlea <daledunlea at commergy.com>


For a live boot CD i would advise you check out www.morphix.org and ye
this is totally possible to get a small debian linux on a CD that will
run a script on startup mount HD chroot and patching begins but dont
believe this to be necessary what type of "patching" is it you are
planning?




On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:33:13 -0000, Dale Dunlea <daledunlea at commergy.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I installed a kiosk system over the weekend (thanks to all on the cable
> question - RS232 to RJ45 worked a treat) and now comes the fun part.
> Maintenance. The screen is quite a distance away from the machine and so
> patching it is awkward. Also, I want minimal downtime and also want to
> make it easy for the user to upgrade the system.
>
> My plan is to build a live CD which I can put into the kiosk system,
> boot it and have it autorun a patch script. Remove CD, reboot system,
> update applied.
>
> So first of all, does this sound like a decent way of doing things? And
> secondly, what caveats should I be on the look out for in building a
> live CD?
>
> Regards,
> Dale.
>
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