live-cd

How to create a LIVE CD for an Application.

There are Live CDs that boot up an OS and allow you to use it without installation. I was wondering if there is an easy way to customize a Live CD so that it only loads what is necessary to run one application, and runs that application. ...

Do you know alternatives to Buildix ?

Buildix is a complete development server (by ThoughtWorks) for Continuous Integration I'm looking for a pre-configured server with Maven, Subversion, Sonar, Nexus... ...

What is a good live-cd distribution that could be used as the base for my linux program?

There is an upcoming programming challenge (forensics challenge) that asks the entrants to write a program that runs on a bootable cd that helps format attached media to that computer. I'm considering submitting an entry and I'd like to utilize as much existing open-source software as possible. In fact, I think the programming I'll be ...

Distributing Windows environment with application

I am interested in distributing an application that will need to have an integrated Windows environment included with it. This environment would be something like BartPE. Basically the application needs to create bootable media with a minimal Windows subsystem included on that media that can be inserted in a system with no operating sys...

Where is data on a non-persistant Live CD stored?

When I boot up Linux Mint from a Live CD, I am able to save files to the "File System". But where are these files being saved to? Can't be the disc, since it's a CDR. I don't think it's stored in the RAM, because it can only hold so much data and isn't really intended to be used as a "hard drive". The only other option is the hard drive....