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hey guys , I am a linux novice and need your advice regarding various linux distros available . Although i am using Fedora10 , i wanna build an image which ...
  1. 06-15-2009 #1
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    Unhappy [SOLVED] Urgent : Regarding Linux Distros

    hey guys ,

    I am a linux novice and need your advice regarding various linux distros available . Although i am using Fedora10 , i wanna build an image which can in general support booting for any distro .. ( jus an experiment ) , so i need to know , which one to go for , i specifically need to design this to try out remote booting .

    Help me out please .
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    Quote Originally Posted by chet_geek View Post
    hey guys ,

    I am a linux novice and need your advice regarding various linux distros available . Although i am using Fedora10 , i wanna build an image which can in general support booting for any distro .. ( jus an experiment ) , so i need to know , which one to go for , i specifically need to design this to try out remote booting .

    Help me out please .
    Welcome to the forums!

    I've never created one, but you can check the following webpage for some instructions on creating a multiple OS bootable CD, and it offers a list of various bootable images that you can choose from:

    Making a Multiple-Boot CD LG #85

    Best of luck with your project!
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    i guess u dint get the situation ..

    the problem tht i am trying to solve is to boot multiple OSs with single image file , not having multiple boot images in the same boot CD .

    so this doesnt help me ... the prblem still remains ....
    anywaz , thnx for the help ...
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    Any reason why you want one image.. rather than multiple images on one disk?
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    or even having a 4gig flash with 6ish distros on it?
    Bodhi 1.3 & Bodhi 1.4 using E17
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    the reason

    the only reason i want do to it is becoz i want to explore the potential of PXE booting by creating a generic boot image and then thru it connecting to a remote virtual machine tht may b any linux distro ....
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    best distro (my opinion) for newbees is ubuntu... and you can do anything you want with'it.and you have a lot of support on the net for it
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