[ale] Need a special Linux CDROM
Patrick W. Jones
PWJ at newcomb-boyd.com
Tue Jul 28 03:56:00 EDT 1998
Doesn't Slakware do this? I seem to recall
a "test" install which put about 2-10M of stuff
on the HD and the rest ran from the CD.
> I've got a user who needs to use linux to finish off her thesis. She is
> without net access so I'm looking for a CD-Rom I can pick up for her with the
> following goodies:
>
> Linux (preferably based on RH, although I can work with whatever)
> X-windows
> run from CD, boot from disk, minimal disk install
> msdosfs
> Full latex package included
> if I'm lucky: LyX
>
>
> I can put this together myself, but I'd rather just pay $15 or so for a disk
> and be done with it.
>
> Anyone heard of a vendor with such a CD?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brad
>
> --
> Brad Dixon
> Georgia Tech Research Institute -- Atlanta, GA
> brad.dixon at gtri.gatech.edu
>
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