Small 32-bit live CD required

SomeoneElseOSM · 06-20-2023, 01:40 PM

I'm looking for a live CD for some recovery work (Debian-based would be great, but anything considered).

It'll to be a live CD and will need to fit on a CDR. No desktop environment required (very unlikely that one would fit, of course). I suspect it'll need to be i386 as well.

Any suggestions?

20 years ago I'd probably have just used Knoppix CD (and of course that may still be an option: http://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/knoppix/ ), but what else should I be considering?

jefro · 06-23-2023, 03:44 PM

Knoppix was the King of live cd's.

Used to use Puppy and Slax way back when. I think another mini is something that starts with an A. Forget. Don't think it is Astrumi.

Some of the older Opensuse might have fit on a bootable cd and actually could run live but I forget now.

teckk · 06-23-2023, 03:57 PM

https://puppylinux-woof-ce.github.io/
https://antixlinux.com/

jefro · 06-23-2023, 09:03 PM

Slitaz might work.

fatmac · 06-24-2023, 04:49 AM

AntiX - https://antixlinux.com/download/

SomeoneElseOSM · 07-02-2023, 05:31 AM

Thanks - all good suggestions.

The requirement went away in the end (thankfully!).