[H-GEN] swap partitions

[David Seikel]

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 --- alexr <alexr at acenet.net.au> wrote: 
> I was wondering how hard it would be to create a bootable CD set up to 
> network with my laptop would be.

<snip>
 
> The way I see it working is I can have Linux installed on my laptop, 
> and just pop this CD in any PC and at least get a reliable connection 
> to my laptop for transferring files.
> 
> The problems I see are it would have to be set up to run without a swap 
> partition and it would need a wide variety of NIC drivers to be of any 
> use.  I could always just include drivers for one of my spare NICs, and 
> carry it around with me...

This sounds a lot like Trinux.  A bootable CD with a lot of NIC drivers,
requiring no hard drive, and chock full of networking programs.  I mirror
this on my file server, which is only available at HUMBUG meetings on
http://192.168.146.196/.  I use it myself to solve networking problems,
though I haven't tried the new version yet.

Someone usually has a CD burner, so have a look at it during the next
meeting, and I'll be happy to help.

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