apt-get install packet under linux LIVE

08-30-2006	#1 (permalink)
cc Linux Newbie Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 119	apt-get install packet under linux LIVE hi I have downloaded Troppix 1.2 Live, started from CD and installed a program using apt-get, but my system installed on the harddisk doesn't boot anymore. what happens exactly under linux LIVE when I'm doing: Code: apt-get install packet the packet will be installed on the harddisk or it will be written only temporary into RAM ? greetings cc

09-01-2006

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psic

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Originally Posted by cc

what happens exactly under linux LIVE when I'm doing:

Code:

apt-get install packet

the packet will be installed on the harddisk or it will be written only temporary into RAM ?

greetings
cc

It should only be written to RAM. Knoppix by default doesn't mount any drives (as far as I remember), nor does it mount them with write privileges when you mount them. It would take some doing to mess up an installed sistem, especially windows, with knoppix

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