Guest azenz Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 Does anyone know how to speed up the Mandriva One Live CD startup time? It's almost four minutes. Also, is it possible to avoid having to enter the config details every time I start? Apologies if the questions sound silly, I am a newbie. Thanks! Adrian [moved from Tips & Tricks by spinynorman - welcome aboard :)] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexter11 Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 If you want to reduce the startup time that basically means you have to change the system configuration and save those changes = you have to make your own live cd. To save the config details you have to use e.g. a pendrive AFAIK. But why not use a Linux distro which is directly running from a pendrive instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest azenz Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 The live CD advantage is that it cannot be compromised by an attacker because files are read-only. But the pendrive option sounds good. Can Mandriva One 2007 be copied to a pendrive? Or is there a special USB version (apart from having to buy their USB stick)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexter11 Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 There are distros which can be run from a pendrive. AFAIK Mandriva Flash is not downloadable don't know why. Don't know how to install to a pendrive either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest scholle Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 Does anyone know how to speed up the Mandriva One Live CD startup time? It's almost four minutes. Also, is it possible to avoid having to enter the config details every time I start? Hi azenz, you can skip all config details by clicking the "Cancel" button at the beginning. However, you'll have incorrect time settings, default keyboard .... Don't know how to install to a pendrive either. It's not that hard. In short, there's only few steps: a) Create a serious fs on your drive and make it bootable (cfdisk + some fstools) b) Copy contents of a bootable live CD to the drive c) If you're lucky, it should work. Unfortunately, not every pendrive will boot on any mainboard. If you have a "Boot other device" option within BIOS, chances are better. Sometimes you have to enable USB legacy keyboard. Strange but... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 Or is there a special USB version (apart from having to buy their USB stick)? You could give this a try: www.mcnlive.org. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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