Introduction to live CDs Leon Lee
What are live CDs? “Live” because it can run an operating system existing on the disc without installation Functions as a bootable operating system
What are live CDs? Most live CDs are read only
What are live CDs? Run independent from a computer’s secondary storage Files are instead places into RAM The only requirement is to have enough RAM
Why live CDs? Allows users to use a preview of an operating system If they like it, they can install it from the live CD as well First live CD was FM Town OS in 1989 Live CDs very popular with Linux distributions Recovery from failed hard drives Hacking