Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 13:01:10 -0800
From: "Ian Harding" <ianh@tpchd.org>
>
> I have been interested in "bootable all in-RAM" distributions of open source
> unix-like operating systems because they are a way to "Stick it to The Man"
> and run my favorite operating system on The Man's system.
>
The Knoppix Distribution should do what you need. See
http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/
I have heard that it ingeniously detects all hardware automatically,
so a demonstration should be possible anywhere.
You can individually order a distribution with particular software
packages (eg. PostgreSQL + PerlDBI etc.) directly from Knoppix.
Hope this helps,
Christoph Dalitz