[LBo] Distros...

[Ray]

On Tuesday 08 May 2007 3:53 am, Jisao wrote:
> Jason Armstrong wrote:
> > If your intention is to be up-to-date on the system you are doing
> > forensics on, a system that easily allows you to synch sources and update
> > software to current releases (such Arch Linux, Gentoo, or any using APT)
> > on the fly can potentially keep you far more current than liveCDs, which
> > by necessity are frozen at whatever was available when the image was
> > created. And this may ultimately be more convenient, and less confusing,
> > in the long run than switching between random systems on the fly.
>
> With the *buntus family, you can have a current LiveCD with the use of a
> USB stick.
currently broken for feisty
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/84591
Ray
>
> Formatting a usb stick with the "casper" label allows to boot the liveCd
> with the casper option.
>
> "This enables you to install, boot and run Ubuntu from USB. When booting
> Ubuntu in persistent mode, it uses a "casper-rw" partition to save your
> changes back to the drive, restoring them on each boot."
>
> That way, you can keep your software updated, and you can even have new
> software added.
>
> Jisao