livecd

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Run a livecd quickly and easily. Uses virtualbox for magic.

installation

gem install livecd

usage

livecd start myos.iso

livecd list
# myos

livecd stop

Quickstart:

# download damn small linux (http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/)
wget http://distro.ibiblio.org/damnsmall/release_candidate/dsl-4.11.rc2.iso
livecd start --memory 512 dsl-4.11.rc2.iso

Configure the memory. The default is 128 MB, but you can change it.

livecd start --memory 512 myos.iso

Run multiple livecds at the same time:

livecd start cd_a.iso
livecd start cd_a.iso
livecd start cd_b.iso

livecd list
# cd_a
# cd_a-1
# cd_b

livecd stop cd_a
# or stop all:
livecd stop

kudos / contributions

  • chris-rock