[KLUG Members] cd distribution

[Bruce Smith]

> I have a couple of small pc's similar in size to the ltsp client that I
> have shown at meetings.  These new ones are not as equipped.  They have
> no expansion slots, serial or paralell ports.  They do have cdroms.  I
> have found directions for making ltsp boot cdroms but first I need to
> know what network module is needed to make the floppy equivalent boot
> disk.  So I downloaded knoppix to do this but these machines do not have
> what it takes to get them to boot so that I can do an lsmod.

What DO the boxes have?  Video port?  PS/2 keyboard/mouse ports?  NIC?
USB ports?  Expansion slots?  Other?

> Can someone suggest a cd boot distribution that will work for the
> purpose of getting a relatively low profile machine up to a bash prompt.
> 
> Will devil linux auto configure the network module and get me to bash. 
> Is there a distro someone would recommend that would be good for having
> around as an emergency boot and recovery method.

Devil-Linux will not auto-configure anything, but if the boxes have a
keyboard and a monitor, it will get you to a bash prompt, and you can
modprobe network modules until you find the right one.

If you're going to download an ISO, you might want to look at
http://lnx-bbc.org/ since it's smaller and might also get you to a bash
prompt.

 - BS