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A Live CD is a bootable CD-ROM with an OS on it

Before distributions became too large to fit on a Live CD several (Linux) distributions were available on a CD that could be used for installation, as well as for running the OS from a (live) CD.

Knoppix was one of the first Live CDs available.

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Remote-Accessible Live-Distribution (aka Live CD)

I'm looking for a live distribution (live CD or the likes) which comes - per default - with sshd running at startup. I want to check the components of my laptop whose graphics has died (card-replacement did not do the trick). The system seems to…
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How to setup SSH access to Arch Linux Iso (livecd) booted computer?

How to setup/configure the Arch Linux bootcd (live-CD, ISO) so I can login to it using an SSH client? And which password is by default set for the (automatic login) root account?
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Is it possible to install a linux desktop environment from a live cd?

My question is about Linux in general but lets suppose my ubuntu isn't working property, booting in tty or whatever. I have no internet connection but I have ubuntu live cd. Is it possible to reinstall the desktop environment from live cd?
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Freeing initramfs ram after switching root when using overlayfs?

I am building a custom Live Linux boot image based on Arch Linux. I've modified the stock initrd to contain a custom script which does the following: After boot, only the initramfs exists. I first locate and mount the boot media itself on…
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Building a Read-Only Linux System With a Writable Layer in RAM

I have a requirement to boot RHEL 6.6/7.0 into read-only mode with a writable layer only in RAM. I believe this is similar to how live CDs work, in that the file system is read-only, but certain parts of it are writable after being loaded into RAM.…
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How to reset password on an encrypted fs?

I've got a laptop which I haven't used since the last summer vacation: I did put Debian 7 on it and used Debian's feature to fully encrypt the disk, besides a tiny bootloader (or a tiny partition) I guess (not too sure which encryption this is nor…
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What live distribution is well-suited for presentations?

My students often use the classroom projector screen to give presentations, usually using PowerPoint, but sometimes they show pre-recorded presentations in SMPlayer. The classroom computer is sufficiently powerful, but as it uses Windows, we ran…
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Is there any way to boot from iso while running system from live disk?

This is bit complicated question let me explain what is expected: I know that we can add GRUB menuentry with location of ISO file and boot from ISO using GRUB entry. (i.e this method) But suppose that: I've ISO file of a GNU/Linux (say Trisquel…
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Login to user's session with chroot

I have an USB thumb stick with the following partition scheme: sdb sdb1 -> root partition '/' sdb2 -> /home partition If I boot from a live CD, or just from my current Ubuntu OS located on my computer's hardware, I am able to chroot this…
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How to build a live Debian CD/USB in Windows, bootable in EFI mode?

I tried to install the latest stable Debian release (Debian 7.0 "Wheezy") using the Debian Multi-arch netinstall (AMD64) "debian-7.0.0-amd64-i386-netinst.iso" on my laptop. My laptop has a SecureCore Tiano™ firmware set to "UEFI only". Due to…
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How to boot from iso with Grub2/Burg boot loader

I'm using Ubuntu as my primary OS and alternative is Windows 7 for gaming, and another stuffs. I want to have menu to boot some live CD ISO. Is there anyway to make menu entry in Grub2/Burg to boot ISO file like the CD way? I see there are some ways…
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Unable to launch Fedora 18 LiveCD using USB device

I just bought a new motherboard which has BIOS and UEFI. I have a previously working LiveCD installed on my usb, created with LiveUSB Creator. I tried using it to boot but got stuck at the grub command line. Next, I followed the instructions here to…
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Small Linux distro with Ruby

I have been using Puppy Linux for basic Linux needs, however now I would prefer one that has Ruby included, so that it does not have to be downloaded. I would prefer a small distro that can run from a CD, smaller size preferred to decrease boot…
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How to manually tell systemd to not wait, but abort a job, during boot?

With several Distro "live-cd"s I have run into the situation where while starting systemd (the init used) it will reach a point where there is an output similar to: A start job is running for LSB: Raise network interfaces. (1min 20s / no…
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How to add packages onto a Fedora live USB

I want to create Fedora 14 live CD with additional packages. How to do it?
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