Running Linux From CDROM

Wed Jan 11 18:02:05 UTC 2006

--- Christopher Charles <cccharlee-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Does Linux run exclusively from a CD?

It can be made to do so. Knoppix does this as, and
Ubuntu can do this. There are other CD based
distributions around, many based on Knoppix (not that
hard to create a customized Knoppix for specific
purposes as I noted here:
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8081).

> If So How can I get such a CD?

If you have a CD-ROM burner, and a high speed internet
connection download a ISO file and burn away.

If you don't have easy access to a CD-ROM burner
and/or a high speed internet connection, ask around.
Will you be at the next NewTLUG meeting? If so I could
burn/bring a Knoppix disk and/or a set of Ubuntu
disks.

> Will it run on my ol Pentium 1, 200 MHZ babe?

Conditionally yes. If the above box has at least 96 MB
of RAM (preferably at least 128 MB) you can run
Knoppix, HOWEVER you will want to change the default
windowing system away from the default KDE to
something like the ICE window manager (ICEwm is
included with Knoppix and is not near as CPU demanding
as KDE).

> Can i play DOS games on linux?

Under DOS emulation maybe, depends on the game.

For games have a look at the likes of MAME (Multiple
Arcade Machine Emulator), which lets you play all
sorts of arcade game. MAME is available of Linux, DOS,
MacOS, Windows, etc.

> I tried that with old dos games once and found that
> of
> 500 downloaded games and 70 games already collected,
> 90 worked from CDROM, 150 worked altogether.  Even
> so
> some files were written to the desktop running
> Windows
> 98SE.
> 
> The shortcuts to the games popup as a webpage
> containing links to the games on CDROM.
> 
> Here's the HTML code:
> 
> <h1>PLAY ONLY 90 GAMES DIRECTLY FROM CD!</h1>
> <h1>WARNING! SOME GAMES PLAYED FROM CD WILL WRITE
> TEMP
> FILES TO DESKTOP!</h1>
> 
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/123 Free
> Solitaire/123FreeSolitaire.exe">123 Free
> Solitaire</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/2ddd/2DDDig.exe">2D Digger</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/3dDom/3dDom.exe">3D
> Dominoes</A><br>
> <A
> HREF="./Gaymz/Aboofun/Aboofun.exe">AbooFun</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/AfroGeo/AfroGeo.exe">Afro
> Geography</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/AllStar/AllStar.exe">All Star Air
> Hockey</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Chess/ARASAN16.EXE">Arasan
> Chess</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Arcade/Arcade.exe">Arcade</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Around The
> World2.4/Around_the_world2_4.exe">Around The
> World</A><br>
> <A
>
HREF="./Gaymz/BakGam/backgw32.exe">BackGammon</A><br>
> <A
> HREF="./GAYMZ/BC2/BC4000V1/BC4000/BC4000.EXE">Battle
> Chess 4000s</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Big8Sol/Big8Sol.exe">Big 8
> Solitaire</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Black Jack/Black Jack.exe">Black
> Jack</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Bjack/BLAKJAK.EXE">Black
> Jak</A><br>
> <A
> HREF="./Gaymz/BlinkyBlink/blinky.exe">Blinky</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Retro-Action
> Paq/bot.exe">Bot</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Bounty
> Hunter/Bounty_Hunter.exe">Bounty Hunter</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/BallSwapper/bswapper.exe">Ball
> Swapper</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Retro-Action
> Paq/bubble.exe">Bubble</A><br>
> <A
>
HREF="./Gaymz/BubGirl_gold/bubgirl_gold16k.exe">Bubble
> Girl</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Pool50/pool.exe">Challenge
> Pool</A><br>
> <A
>
HREF="./Gaymz/Checkers/CHECKERS.EXE">Checkers</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/BCHESSW/CHESS.EXE">Chess
> Battle</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Championship
> Spades/ChmpSp32.exe">Championship Spades</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Claus/Claus.exe">Claus</A><br>
> <A
>
HREF="./Gaymz/ClickTris/ClickTris.exe">ClickTris</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Cribbage
> Champion/Cribbage.exe">Cribbage</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Cubik's
> Rube/CubiksRube.exe">Cubik's
> Rube</A><br>
> <A
> HREF="./Gaymz/Danyet/danyet16k.exe">Danyet</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/DesktopDestroyer-G_1/Desktop
> Destroyer.exe">Desktop Destroyer</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Dgammon/dgammon.exe">D
> Gammon</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/DopeWars/DopeWars.exe">Dope
> Wars</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Dweep Demo/Dweep.exe">Dweep
> Demo</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Eagle/eagle.exe">Eagle</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/English/GR3.EXE">English Grammar
> Tutor</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Euchre/WINEUCH.EXE">Euchre</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/EuroGeo/EuroGeo.exe">Euro
> Geography</A><br>
> <A
>
HREF="./Gaymz/Europe/Europe!/Europe!.exe">Europe</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/EWords/eWords.exe">E Words</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Retro-Action
> Paq/flak.exe">Flak</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Fours/fours.exe">Fours</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/FreeCell/FREECELL.EXE">Free
> Cell</A><br>
> <A
> HREF="./Gaymz/french/FrenchBox/LangBox.exe">French
> Box</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/FrenchMp3/Audio_F.htm">French
> MP3</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/LeapCroak/frog.exe">Frog</A><br>
> <A
> HREF="./Gaymz/Grandpa/GRANDPA.EXE">Grandpa</A><br>
> <A
>
HREF="./Gaymz/Kangaroo/hangaroo.exe">Hangaroo</A><br>
> <A
> HREF="./Gaymz/HangmanBible/HangmanBible.exe">HangMan
> Bible</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Html/HTML.htm">HTMLTutor</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Jetson/JETSONS.EXE">Jetsons</A><br>
> <A
> HREF="./Gaymz/JumBall/jumball.exe">JumBall</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Kungfu/KFK.EXE">Kung FU Kim</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Kitty/kitty.exe">Kitty</A><br>
> <A
> HREF="./Gaymz/Letters/letters.exe">Letters</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Kyodai
> Mahjongg/kmj2d.exe">Mahjongg</A><br>
> <A HREF="./GAYMZ/MARIO/MARIO.EXE">Mario</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Retro-Action
> Paq/mole.exe">Mole</A><br>
> <A
>
HREF="./GAYMZ/MONOPOLY/MONOPOLY.EXE">Monopoly</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/MozPong/MozPong.exe">Moz
> Pong</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/mrmatt/mrmatt.exe">Mr Matt</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/MineSweep/WINMINE.EXE">Mine
> Sweeper</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/OptiGeom/OptiGeo.exe">Opti
> Geometric</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/PCBASICS/PCSTART.EXE">PC Basics
> Tutor</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Petwings/PetWings.exe">Pet
> Wings</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Lanthier's
> Pongomania/Pongomania.exe">Pongomania</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Pool/POOL.EXE">Pool</A><br>
> <A HREF="./GAYMZ/RMAN/RMAN.EXE">Rain Man</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Saddam/saddam.exe">Saddam</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Same/SAME.EXE">Same</A><br>
> <A
>
HREF="./Gaymz/WordJubbler/WordJubbler.exe">Scrabble</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Sea Battle/SeaBtl.exe">Sea
> Battle</A><br>
> <A
> HREF="./Gaymz/Solitaire/SOL.EXE">Solitaire</A><br>
> <A HREF="./GAYMZ/SI78/INV78.EXE">Space
> Invaders</A><br>
> <A
> HREF="./Gaymz/SpaceInvaders/spaceinvaders.exe">Space
> Invaders 2</A><br>
> <A HREF="./GAYMZ/SPANISH2/TEACHER.EXE">Spanish
> Tutor</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/spmario/spsmb.exe">Super Mario
> 1</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/spm2/spm2.exe">Super Mario
> 2</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/streambolt/streambolt.exe">Stream
> Bolt</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Tennis 2001/tennis2001.exe">Tennis
> 2001</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Absolute
> Tetris/Tetris.exe">Tetris</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/5star Tic Tac Toe/Tictac.exe">Tic
> Tac
> Toe</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Troy/TROY2000.EXE">Troy
> 2000</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/atypeshr/TYPING.EXE">Typing
> Animated</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Dragon/Virtual Dragon.exe">Virtual
> Dragon</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/v-cade/v-racer.exe">V-Racer</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Widow
> Pitch/Widow.exe">Widow</A><br>
> <A
>
HREF="./Gaymz/Wilkanoid/wilkanoid.exe">Wilkanoid</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/WINCHESS/WINCHESS.EXE">Win
> Chess</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/WinHoops/WinHoops.exe">Win
> Hoops</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/Worm Battles CF/Worms Cross
> Fire.exe">Worms</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/WordWeb/wweb32.exe">WWWeb
> Dictionary</A><br>
> <A HREF="./Gaymz/XandO_demo/XandO.exe">X and
> O</A><br>
> <A
> HREF="./Gaymz/Yahtzii/Yahtzii.exe">Yahtzii</A><br>
> 
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