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Re[2]: LIP General issues



Eli Marmor <marmor@elmar.co.il> wrote:
>  
>  > I've done it quite a few times - even without tar, just `cp -a'
>  
>  Including devices, special files, hard links, procs, FIFOs and
>  fifos, hardware configurations, different kernel configurations,
>  etc. ???

Of course, I had to adjust a few things afterwards - like /etc/fstab, hostname
and X config, but only that.

>  I must say that it sounds very strange...
>  If all the installations were equivalent, the distributers could
>  sell CD-ROMs that should not be installed on disk, and the disk
>  could be reserved for user files... 

I'm sure it's just what's called `live filesystem on CD'.

>    They could sell ready Linux
>  hard disks (with the first partitions reserved for Windows 95...).
>  Plug (the disk) and play.

You're not the first who thought of that. See, for example,
http://www.cosmoseng.com/ .

Regards,

Evgeny


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