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DistroWatch.com??”DistroWatch keeps a list of CD-based Linux distributions and live
Linux CDs (http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=cd). Its site also contains
information and links to hundreds of distributions.
If you have trouble running any bootable Linux distributions, try adding options to the boot prompt.
Because so many of the distributions are based on KNOPPIX, refer to the KNOPPIX boot options
(also called cheat codes) described in Chapter 11 to help get your Linux distribution to start up the
way you would like. View these codes online at www.knoppix.net/wiki/Cheat_Codes.
This book comes with several bootable Linux distributions, which you can find out about in
Appendix A. You can get more recent versions of distributions that interest you (some are updated
quite often) by following links from the sites just mentioned.
Most bootable Linux distributions are created by individuals and should still be considered
experimental in nature. The quality can vary widely and sometimes the controls are
not as stringent as they would be for commercial Linux systems, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux or
SUSE. You can limit your risks by doing such things as mounting all hard disk partitions read-only (as
is usually, but not always, done by default), but remember that this software is distributed with no
warranty.
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