[Coco] CoCo Linux Live CD

[Bill Gunshannon]

> Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:58:55 -0400
> From: Frank Swygert<farna at att.net>
>
> So it looks like all Chris Hawks would have to do is install
> "Remastersys" on his RPi already set up to boot up as a virtual CoCo and
> make a live CD...
> =========================================
>
> Okay, I sent this before reading Chris' message that he doesn't have his
> setup the way I thought, he's just using the "Raspian" Linux distro then
> has to start the emulator as in any normal Linux distro. Still it's a
> start! So what is needed is someone to setup something like Puppy Linux on
> a machine (or virtual box), maybe strip it down some.

Strip it down?  It's only 136M now.....

>                                                       There's no need for
> a GUI, but would be nice to have a menu for a few needed disk utilities,
> something similar to the recovery mode screen on Ubuntu with the necessary
> entries. I have no idea what Linux utilities (or utils that need to run
> outside the emulator) would be needed... suggestions? Then it would be
> simple enough to write a menu script (well, for some... not for me!).
> Maybe have the machine boot into the menu with one of the selections being
> to run the emulator? Or better to run the emulator from start-up, then go
> to the menu screen when quitting the emulator and have a shut down
> selection so the computer comes up ready to CoCo
>  ?

I would say just install the emulator.  The only question being which
emulator.

bill

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