[TriLUG] Knoppix + chroot question

[David Rasch]

Carlos J. Cela wrote:

> Hi,
>
> There is a PC at work I  need to be able to run Linux on, but the IT 
> guys are not very fond of installing a double boot... I thought on 
> using one of the distros that come with a LiveCD, and booting Linux 
> from it...my two concerns are:
>
> 1) I need to be able to use accelerated OpenGL. The PC is suppose to 
> have has a high end video card (not sure about make/model, will check 
> tomorrow) and it might need a patched kernel.. can I use a custom 
> kernel with a LiveCD?
> 2) If I need to install/run some software not in theLiveCD, how do I 
> go about?
>
> Is it possible to have one partition dedicated to Linux and somehow 
> run a kernel from there without a double boot? Is this what chroot is 
> suppose to be used for? What LiveCD do you guys recommend? I have used 
> Knoppix from time to time, but will appreciate any idea/suggestion...
>
Carlos,

I might suggest a bit less complicated solution.  Your last thought 
indicates you'd like to actually install on the hard disk, but not show 
the dual-boot menu on startup.  Upon the completion of your linux 
install, instead of installing LILO or GRUB to a hard disk as you 
normally would, install it to a floppy disk.  Whenever you need to boot 
linux, you insert the floppy disk, but otherwise your operating system 
will come up as normal.

David