Re: New Live CD needed

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Kevin Hunter <hunteke(at)earlham(dot)edu>
Cc: "Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum" <adsmail(at)wars-nicht(dot)de>, PostgreSQL Advocacy List <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: New Live CD needed
Date: 2007-06-02 05:12:36
Message-ID: 4660FC44.5090108@commandprompt.com
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Kevin Hunter wrote:
>> We are going to need a new Live CD.
>
> When I think LiveCD, I think of a *nix distro that boots from a CD to a
> fully usable operating system and doesn't touch the hard drive. What
> does LiveCD mean in this Postgres context? I didn't see a whole lot on
> the pgfoundry/livecd page, just

Exactly that, except that we include a fully functioning postgresql with
pgadmin etc... already configured.

>
> 'This project aims to build the PostgreSQL Live CD (iso image), share
> tools and HOWTOs, and make them "up to date".'
>
> In lieu of making a coaster, does this mean that it's a LiveCD distro of
> Nix with Postgres et al installed?

Yes.

>
> Thanks,
>
> Kevin
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