Re: LiveCD Media Project

[Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>]

<quote who="Ian McIntosh">

> > > > > Good idea here.  I guess the user wouldn't be able to save over
> > > > > the files where they live now (in the GIMP, for example), but it's
> > > > > probably not a big deal.
> > > >
> > > > Can they do this anyway with the live CD?
> >
> > As it happens, yes. :-)
>
> Can you explain that a little?

Morphix-based Live CDs have a CRAAAZY overlay feature, which is kind of like
a writable bind mount. You can install software, write files, yada yada.
It's very neat.

- Jeff

-- 
linux.conf.au 2005: Canberra, Australia                http://linux.conf.au/
 
    "GNOME, launched specifically to counter a threat to our freedom, is
       the free software project par excellence." - Richard Stallman