Way off on a tangent there ? ? ? You stated only "some live distros have
a demo mode." ..... I then replied ALL LIVE DISTROS ARE IN DEMO MODE
WITH OPTIONS ALSO TO DO AN INSTALL. In other words the defintion of a
Live Distro is DEMO MODE WITH OPTION TO INSTALL TOO.....
Live CD
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_CD
A live CD, live DVD, or live disc is a CD or DVD containing a bootable
computer operating system. Live CDs are unique in that they have the
ability to run a complete, modern operating system on a computer lacking
mutable secondary storage, such as a hard disk drive. Live USB flash
drives are similar to live CDs, but often have the added functionality
of automatically and transparently writing changes back to their
bootable medium. Also, the solid-state device pure electronic operation
gives a significant speed advantage by eliminating the CD reader's
intrinsic mechanical latencies. Write-locked Live SD WORM systems are
the direct solid-state counterpart to live CDs and can be booted
natively in a media card slot or by using a USB adapter. Write-locked
Live SD systems avoid excessive write cycles or corruption by
ill-conditioned software, like viruses, which can prematurely "ruin" a
live USB drive's installation.
The term "live" derives from the fact that these CDs each contain a
complete functioning operating system on the distribution medium.
While a live CD typically does not alter any operating system or files
already installed on a computer's secondary storage (such as hard disk
drives), many live CDs include mechanisms and utilities for altering the
host computer's data stores, including installation of an operating
system. This is important for the system management aspect of live CDs,
such as removing malware, drive imaging, and system recovery.
The default option, however, is to allow the user to return the computer
to its previous state when the live CD is ejected and the computer is
rebooted. It is able to run without permanent installation by placing
the files that typically would be stored on a hard drive into RAM,
typically in a RAM disk, though this does cut down on the RAM available
to applications.
.....IN FULL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_CD
On 1/12/2012 4:16 AM, dvdpst wrote:
> Not all are live Distros. Most are but you do not understand what I said. I
> built the system
> for that company. It is very security demanding. The system count And times
> the run time
> of all drives. Not only the HD but the CD/DVD drives to. Among with any
> saves and to what
> drive. Only way I could bid on that contract. Government requirements. I
> needed some thing
> that would load to ram and run from ram.
>
> I am trying to convince management to switch to Linux as their OS. Will
> know tomorrow
> if I have clearance to bring my laptop to do an clean install of Linux. If
> you have any other
> suggestions, I am open to them.
>
> david
>
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