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How to install manually from live CD? [closed]

I got a live CD and I tried to install it manually because it doesn't support installing. So I booted from live cd and did: mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda5 mount /dev/sda5 /mnt cd /mnt unsqaushfs ...
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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 ...
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Copy files from source machine to LiveCD

I'm working on distributing a version of Fedora to our internal development team using Live CD. There are certain files I would like to copy to the live cd that are not: part of an RPM or going to ...
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Linux Live CD cannot play video

I want to switch from windows to linux, but before the switch I would like to try them out in the Live CD. I downloaded the iso and created a multiboot usb stick ( by YUMI Multiboot USB Creator ). I ...
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Gentoo LiveCD from Hard Drive: No Mountable Filesystems on root after modules loaded

I am attempting to install Gentoo on my PowerPC Mac. I have reached the point where I can boot the LiveCD (I have no functional CD Drive, so it is from a spare Hard Drive), but after the kernel is ...
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Any LiveCD or LiveDVD Distro whith multi session burning onto LiveMedia

I'm looking for any Distro or LiveLinux for CD/DVD (NOT usb/SD card usage) which does the following: 1) All changes to the filesystem are written to the RAM disk with an overlaid filesystem. 2) Upon ...
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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 ...
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Which Grub to use for a custom portable boot image?

I would like to make a bootable USB/Floopy/LiveCD with linux kernel and Grub. After booting to that USB/Floopy/LiveCD using VirtualBox or directly, it will show my own customized Grub screen and then ...
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How to add packages onto a Fedora live USB

I want to create Fedora 14 live CD with additional packages I want. How to do it?
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Linux Live CDs that are able to save configuration on the boot disk?

Puppy Linux has a great feature: as in wikipedia is mentioned However, it is possible to save files upon shutdown. This feature allows the user to either save the file to disk (USB, HDD etc.) or ...