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Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 15:33:46 -0500
From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
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To: Sai Prathap <saiprathap@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Installing software on a knoppix CD
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Sai Prathap wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a question regarding knoppix. If we boot from a knoppix CD, Is
> it possible to get any software installed on it ? Because, whenever I
> try to install something  it says its not writable. Please advice.

*If* there is room on the CD, you can add things to the image and burn a 
new CD. The "right" method is to mount the CD and copy everything into a 
directory, add the new material, run mkisofs with the right boot options 
to make a bootable image, and burn the image.

If you are heavily into burning CDs, you *MIGHT* be able to extract the 
ISO image, reburn it with the cdrecord -multi option, and then add your 
own stuff in a second session. I haven't tried this, and if you aren't 
familiar with burning multisession CDs it's eather a learning experience 
or a good thing to avoid.

Check first to see if there's any room on the CD for more stuff!

-- 
    -bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com)
"The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the
  last possible moment - but no longer"  -me
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