Re: [seul-edu] Halloween GNU/Linux CD give-away project

[karl <karl@newmedia.slc.edu>]

Thanks for the suggestions of the business-card-size bootable/rescue
CDROM, Emilio, and for the suggestion of the TINY distro, Doug.

Both will be considered, and certainly offer inspiration, though
Debian GNU/Linux is the fore-runner for the cause. 

Michael Ahlers made a point, that it might be good to give out a CD that
would auto-boot GNU/Linux, by loading it into memory. 

+ What are the logistics of burning a GNU/linux CD that loads the OS upon
    boot (into RAM)? Is it possible to fit all necessary data on a CD?

+ Can you brainstorm ideas on the pros/cons of the RAM-boot -versus- the
    traditional CD full-install?

+ Pros/Cons of giving out free software CDs to trick-or-treaters?

All ideas welcome.


Thanks for your help,

   Karl


Coordinator, Halloween GNU/Linux CD Give-Away Project
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On Fri, 3 Nov 2000, Emilio Gerardo Milian wrote:

> You can also try the bootable/recovery CD, download and burn your own CD
> image. I tried it and this small disk is great:
> http://open-projects.linuxcare.com/BBC/
> 
> Emilio
> 
> > snip
> > Odile Bénassy and Jean-Francois Martinez have created a Linux distribution
> > called TINY <http://tiny.seul.org> that may be very useful to you.
>