SMP on linux livecd

[feriso]

As per title really - can i run SMP from a linux live cd?

 

[Whitestar]

Yep.

Just burn the iso to a cd, plonk it in you'r drive and away you go.

 

[joeyjojo]

So you wouldn't integrate smp with the image? Would you install SMP to the virtual drive then?

 

[Whitestar]

Sorry my first reply was a bit confusing. I really shouldn't reply to posts before having any coffee.

Yea, you can run smp from the virtual drive that a live cd will set up. There's no need to intergrate smp into the iso.

 

[feriso]

What I was thinking is that I boot from a liveCD and run SMP then when I need something from windows I just reboot - would everything I do be lost when rebooting?

This is for a comp running XP Pro and I can't change the partition size atm to get any space for linux.

 

[BillytheImpaler]

You would lose your progress unless you had backed up the WU onto some other media.

 

[joeyjojo]

Aye. The livecd creates a virtual drive when it boots, which is in the ram I assume? Since it wouldn't be allowed to use hdd space. Anyway, when you reboot, the ram is wiped and so is your virtual drive.

 

[VeNT]

can you store data and settings on a USB flash drive?
maybe that would work

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Any disk you could mount as writable would work, including flash drives and even your hard disk.

 

[SiriusB]

Ubuntu should run fine on anything above 500MB if memory serves and the installation will automatically create a new partition without harming your data. [I would still backup anything important though].

Now unless your HDD is completely filled to the rafters you have no excuse - except laziness. Come on man, do it for the team! There are some juicy 1760 pointer WUs around that get around 1.4K PPD on an X2 4400+

Tempted?