[Techtalk] How to create a live boot CD containing your favorite Linux Distro

[perimorph]

hi bud -- thanks for the how-to.  :)  i always wondered how one would go
about doing that since someone gave me a mandrake 8 bootable cd a while
back.  i'll try following your directions when i have some time and let
you know how it works out for me.

as for your "motivation - why?" section, you might add that it's a nice
way to try out other distros without committing to them.  i started with
redhat and i'm happy with it, so i don't have any desire to erase
everything just on a whim..  but still, i'd like to try out debian and
some others just to see what they're like.

one thing i didn't see while i was skimming your how-to but i'd like to
know..  it would occasionally be useful to use one of these cd's on an
old computer that can't boot from the cd-rom drive.  how would it be
possible to make a floppy disk that can load the cd?  (my apologies if
you covered that and i missed it, i'm kinda sleep-deprived.)

--ashleigh

>  This is a small project I've been working on the last couple of weeks with 
> some success. So I thought I'd share my experience and finally got around to 
> writing a How-To.
> 
> http://www.babytux.org/articles/howto/how2livecd.php
> 
> I'd appreciate any feedback. May be some of you will be able to try this out 
> independently and improve on it :)