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authorPedro Macanas <pmacv@telefonica.net>2005-11-13 17:09:00 +0000
committerPedro Macanas <pmacv@telefonica.net>2005-11-13 17:09:00 +0000
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# <a name="GNU_Hurd_Live_CD"> </a> GNU/Hurd Live-CD
-It would be nice if we had a bootable Hurd Live-CD like Knoppix. It would be useful for those who want to try out the Hurd before they commit to installing it on their hard disks. In addition to that, a bootable Hurd CD would enable us to have a native installer instead of relying on Linux.
+It would be nice if we had a bootable Hurd [LiveCD](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiveCD) like Knoppix, Morphix or Damn Small Linux. It would be useful for those who want to try out the Hurd before they commit to installing it on their hard disks. In addition to that, a bootable Hurd CD would enable us to have a native installer instead of relying on Linux.
Here is an outline of the things that need to be done. Please add your comments and suggestions.
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Here is an outline of the things that need to be done. Please add your comments
### <a name="1_We_need_to_be_able_get_a_bootl"> 1. We need to be able get a bootloader for CDs </a>
-This is not much of a problem. I have already been successful (see below) in using Grub and the El-Torito HD emulation to boot GNUmach off a CD. There may be some minor tweaking of Grub code necessary to detect which device to use for booting (instead of having the user select their device (hd0,hd1,etc.) from the Grub menu).
+This is not much of a problem. I have already been successful (see below) in using [Grub](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRand Unified Bootloader) and the El-Torito HD emulation to boot [[GNUmach]] off a CD. There may be some minor tweaking of Grub code necessary to detect which device to use for booting (instead of having the user select their device (hd0,hd1,etc.) from the Grub menu).
Using GRUB's stage2\_eltorito seems to work fine.
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Those are the essentials. Here is a list of the things which would be nice to have for a Live-CD.
-* Knoppix like script for starting up X
+* Knoppix like script for starting up X and [[GraphicEnvironment]] s ([[FluxBox]], Gnome...)
* DHCP support for easy network setup
-* Knoppix like script for installing to the hard drive
+* Hardware autodetection (Kudzu).
+* Knoppix like script for installing to the hard drive or to bootable USB pendrive .
* (add your favorite feature here)
Here is a mailing-list [thread](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2003/debian-hurd-200308/msg00172.html) discussing some of these issues.