installing Linux on disk image

[Clinton MacDonald]

Dave:

On Thursday, August 14, 2003, at 07:18  PM, Dave wrote:
> Clint, do you think I could install Linux to a disk image, copy the 
> image to a CD, boot from the CD, then run MacOnLinux? Perhaps I could 
> have another Linux disk image for saving files.

Unfortunately, almost any Linux distribution will be larger than a 
single CD. There are Intel Linux distributions that are specifically 
designed to run from a CD. Knoppix and BabyTux are two:

<http://www.knoppix.org/>
<http://www.babytux.org/articles/howto/how2livecd.php>

To accomplish this, large chunks of the operating system are compressed 
on the CD, and decompressed on-the-fly for use. It would be *way* cool 
if you could accomplish this for PowerPC, but it might be more trouble 
than it was worth.

> The Virtual PC idea is interesting, but expensive.

The Virtual PC idea would be lots of fun, but expensive, as you point 
out.

Honestly, the least expensive approach would be to bite the bullet and 
make a fresh backup of your current Mac OS system (I *ASSUME* you make 
regular backups!), reformat the hard disk, and reinstall your Mac OS 
and Linux systems as usual.

Good luck!

Best wishes,
Clint

-- 
Dr. Clinton C. MacDonald | <mailto:clint.macdonald@ttuhsc.edu>