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Bug 83608 - Suggestion for a new livecd feature (fromhd=)
Summary: Suggestion for a new livecd feature (fromhd=)
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Release Media
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Everything (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo LiveCD Package Maintainers
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Reported: 2005-02-28 14:23 UTC by juri
Modified: 2005-02-28 14:57 UTC (History)
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Description juri 2005-02-28 14:23:20 UTC
Hi,
the gentoo docache option at boot prompt never worked for me, maybe because I have only 192MB of RAM. 
Would it be possible to add the knoppix boot option "fromhd=/dev/hdx" that boots the CD from an existing partition letting you unmount the cdrom. This would be really helpful for people like me with a single cdrom but some free space in a partion (it works with FAT too). It would help people who download files from another connection.
I hope it's not hard to add it to new livecds.

Thanks,
Juri

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Comment 1 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-02-28 14:57:42 UTC
cdroot=/path/to/disk is already there... ;]