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starscream Original post #1
Sep 6, 2005 at 3:47 PM
I have few question about LInux live cd?How Live cd works?How kernel runs from CD.if you know any technical site about "Kernel ","Live CD".
QwertyManiac
Sep 6, 2005 at 7:27 PM
See this for an overviewed lnks on Kernel :
*www.linuxhq.com/lkprogram.html

Well, a live CD works by loading the kernel onto ur RAM and then using it for ur processes thus it is slow (the kernel doesnt run from the CD exactly ).
GNUrag
GNUrag #3
Sep 6, 2005 at 8:20 PM
Read this Gnoware documentation that my students had written on the working and remastering of Live CDs like Knoppix:
*db.ilug-bom.org.in/lug-authors/anurag/gnoware-final-documentation-1504.pdf

It will clear many concepts like how the kernel bootup is performed, what is cloop driver, what is a compressed ISO9660 filesystem and a lot more.. Fell free to ask more if it feels incomplete.

Also read Knowing Knoppix ebook from here:
*db.ilug-bom.org.in/lug-authors/anurag/knowing-knoppix_2004-12-30.pdf
vignesh
vignesh #4
Sep 6, 2005 at 10:29 PM
Those are the books you asked me to download before right ?Those were really useful.