linux solely from cd

[theevilsithlord]

Anyone have any luck with using one of the linux flavors run directly from a cd? I tried Knoppix and freesBIE, but no luck with my mobo. It works, but i cant get the internet to function (im guessing it doesnt have drivers built in for my gigabyte nforce 2 network adapter). Which distro has the most built in drivers and still allows access to my windows drives? Or is there something i can do to get the internet to function? The next one im gonna test is Slax...

 

[canadian_divx]

mandrake move, i can get it to run with my nforce

 

[theevilsithlord]

thanks ill try that

 

[NetRyder]

As an alternative, you could also try installing one of the Linux binaries for the nForce chipset from here, or compile it from source:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_nforce_1.0-0261

 

[theevilsithlord]

i tried slax... and it works great!

 

[NetRyder]

Glad to hear that. Slackware is the way to go as far as Linux is concerned.