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I've been looking and I can't find a LiveCD distribution that doesn't have Gnome or KDE set up. Most of the time I just want a nice, tight terminal to ...
  1. 04-06-2009 #1
    whaledawg
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    Wanted: LiveCD with no GUI

    I've been looking and I can't find a LiveCD distribution that doesn't have Gnome or KDE set up. Most of the time I just want a nice, tight terminal to get in and fix whatever problem there is, but not only does the GUI take an extra 10 minutes to load but I have a few machines that won't load a live CD and I suspect it's the graphical elements.

    So does anyone know of a nice terminal only live CD with a rich tool set?
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    Hi and Welcome !

    You can use Debian NetInstall CD. It has minimal packages. You can install necessary packages and create customized LiveCD.
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    Hmmm.....Well, in addition to be a little more work than I wanted to do(I'd have to move some machines around to connect to an ethernet line, everything is wireless) I don't know how to make a live CD.

    Is there an easy way to make one?
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    Welcome to the forums!

    Take a look at this livecd distro for command line work only:

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  5. 04-06-2009 #5
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    Smile

    That looks like exactly what I want. Thanks Oz
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    Also look at system rescue cd: Main Page - SystemRescueCd I believe it boots into the console by default, but also has a lightweight graphical desktop if you want it.

    Arch Linux boots into a live console environment as well. Arch Linux

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    CRUX also comes as a live CD with no "GUI." Downloads
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