Re: No live CD ISOs without GUI desktops?

[Joel Roth <joelz@pobox.com>]

Will Mengarini wrote:
> https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/i386/iso-hybrid/
> lists many ISOs, but all have graphic desktops, so none would fit on
> a 650 MB CD-ROM, of which I have lots; I don't have larger media.
> The situation for the amd64 architecture is identical.

> A livecd is what a sysadmin needs for troubleshooting borked disks,
>
I'm not sure the debian live disks are intended as 
a general purpose rescue system. 

Also a rescue disk won't usually require
 bleeding edge kernels or package versions:

For now, you can try this talking rescue CD, based on debian testing,
that includes only command line stuff, AFAIK.

http://iavit.org/~bats/

(You may easily find and remove the speech module
from the kernel.)

I don't see the package list, but the author writes that he is
open to additional suggestions.

hth


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Joel Roth