Re: [Gnumed-devel] GNUmed at LinuxworldExpo

[Horst Herb]

On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 14:54, J Busser wrote:
> Something I have been wondering for some time.. how can/does a "Live
> CD" handle the requirements (as I am sure are issued by the OS and
> applications, especially database applications) to "write to disk"?
>
> I expect *some* of this might be manageable by writing to a scratch
> or swap file, but can this also accommodate a GNUmed local database
> on the CD (or would the Live CD be client-only)?

Have a look at Puppy Linux (http://www.distrowatch.org - search for it).
It comes as a tiny live distro living on a rewriteable DVD, saving all changes 
back onto DVD

Horst