Mini Linux???

shaffin · 09-24-2003, 12:50 PM

Hello,

I need my Windows XP environment on my laptop while at client site. But I need a Linux shell to work (development) on a linux environment when I can afford time here and there.

The problem remains that I need to load and stop the Linux environment dynamically (without a reboot).

Is there a shell or min-linux available that can provide this.

Thanks,
Shaffin.

excel28 · 09-24-2003, 01:59 PM

Maybe ZipSlack? I was reading about it and it says it can be placed on a FAT/FAT32 filesystem. And you don't need to repartition your drive. I haven't tried it myself, but maybe it'll work for what you are doing.

david_ross · 09-24-2003, 02:02 PM

Perhasp you should look at cygwin. If that doesn't work then perhaps vmware. Vmware is probably better but you will need to pay.

blackphire05 · 09-24-2003, 03:51 PM

perhaps slacklive will fit your needs. . .http://www.slackware-live.org/ it runs of a mini cd-r so doesn't that make it a variation of mini linux too?

Cerbere · 09-25-2003, 01:40 AM

Neither ZipSlack nor Slacklive will do what you want, since each of these requires a reboot.

David is right. CygWin is sort of like the anti-Wine, it allows you to pretend you're running linux within windows. But the best solution IMHO is vmware (if you don't mind paying an arm and a leg for it; or pursuing other, less ethical means of installing it). This will create a virtual machine while you are running XP (ick!) on which you can run a true Linux distro.

http://www.cygwin.com/

http://www.vmware.com/

Enjoy!
--- Cerbere