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NetbootCD is a live CD based on the Tiny Core Linux distribution. The particularity of NetbootCD is that it allows you to download and run the network installers (netboot) of many Linux distributions.
It works as a kind of Swiss knife, putting at our fingertips -in just 1 CD- the possibility to install multiple distros. The only important requirement is to have a good Internet connection. |
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Supported distributions
The following Linux distributions can be installed from NetbootCD:
- Ubuntu
- Debian GNU / Linux (standard & daily installers only)
- Fedora
- openSUSE
- mandriva linux
- Scientific Linux
- CentOS
- Slackware
NetbootCD also supports downloading and running the latest version of the GRUB4DOS bootloader and Tiny Core Linux and its "youngest child", Micro Core.
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The only downside I find to this solution is that it is limited to the list of distributions supported by it (nothing to include other distributions not listed).
However, it is a good alternative to consider.
All the best
I made a post about your article in the Debian list, and a comrade sent this link that may merit a new article, related to this one:
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/multiboot-create-a-multiboot-usb-from-linux/
The truth is that I do not know ... But it would be a matter of testing. I think it almost certainly can. Cheers! Paul.
Do you happen to know if the installation can be done by wifi?
this is just what i was looking for !! I was going to do it manually xD but great, I'll save time xD
Depends on the distro and Wi Fi
The same thing I said in another blog:
«It seems like a ball to me, but I keep sticking with Arch Linux, why? Very simple, because NetbootCD does not exempt you from reinstalling, which Arch does.
But I like it for those who use cycling distros »
Thank you! Very interesting ... I will write something on the subject in a future post.
Cheers! Paul.
That will be determined by the distro and the Wi Fi card, probably Slackware does not allow you to do that but Mandriva does, since it detects a lot of hardware