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On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:24:54 +0000, mc wrote:

> What actually is the difference between a 'live'cd and the cd you install to
> the HD..?
> mc
>
There is a difference, although the difference can be small. A "liveCD"
is typically gives a full set of functionality necessary to run as a
Linux desktop. It does this without installing anything. A "setup" CD is
designed to run the install scripts. A "rescue" CD is similar- it is
designed to perform external fixes on the filesystem, etc. Both the setup
and rescue operations are best performed from within the GNU/Linux
platform. This is a seeming catch-22 situation: You can install/fix Linux.
The only prerequisite is to be running Linux. Obviously, there are ways
around this catch, or else no one would be running Linux (or any other
OS for that matter). Some "setup" cd's now include a liveCD option at
bootup- so the division is getting blurry.

This is a wikipedia article about LiveCDs:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiveDistro

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Douglas Mayne