as far as I know, the MS bootloader isn't able to boot an image. So you still have to boot from CD, even if you supply a linux bootsector in a file unless you find a way to make grub or lilo booting a disk image.
Even Knoppix can not boot an image, they boot an initrd and in this they mount their image via cloop. But if you use another bootloader like grub either, it doesn't matter if you boot SuSE or Knoppix.
aha cloop ... yeah that's right ... Mepis actually installs the entire content and not the compressed image. I quite like that concept.
2) Knoppix has a bunch of very neat tools for trouble shooting. I don't leave home without it to fix my SuSE systems when they run into trouble.
I think, maintaining a SuSE system that went into trouble works better if you use the SuSE installation CDs to boot and repair.
yeah
3)SuSE- Live- CD is mostly a marketing CD, not really well thought out for the purpose of such tools as Knoppix is. Mind you, it is a good thing to have when you want to show someone what their machine would look like if SuSE was installed.
I agree. A lot of usefull tools are missing on the Live- CD.
I am a believer that a 1_CD_Desktop from the SUPER initiative would go a long way.
Maybe. Earlier in this thread they discuss whether to include OpenOffice. If this is the way, they want to go, I think it will indeed be only a desktop and no system rescue/maintaince disk.
the small 1 CD I do is probably better suited as a rescue disc anyway. Currently both CD's have the SUSE rescue image on it and can be used to rescue. Andreas