Re: The Core and the Kernel (fwd)

["Star's End" <starsend@interlog.com>]

> 
> I was thinking about the following, and would like to know
> whether/how this could be done:
> In order to show some other people GNU/Linux (e.g. my
> father who keeps complaining about NT and other MS software)
> I would like to install Linux on a iomega ZIP medium and
> be able to plug in the parallel-port Zip-drive with a
> boot floppy and show people a vanilla GNU/Linux running
> off the Zip medium with X and some apps.
> (Using VGA16 or SVGA server maybe)

You can boot the slackware CD and run the distribution from the CD
for demonstartion purposes. I've never done this so I can't tell you
how hard it is.


B.T.