Re: LiveCD for G5 powerpc with Octave

[John Swensen]

I had a friend who followed these instructions for Ubuntu
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LiveCDCustomization
This isn't for the Ubunto 6.06 dapper release, but it looks like the
process should be nearly identical.  I think the biggest problem you
will have is that they put everything they possibly can on the CD and
leave little room for expansion (e.g. adding a bunch of scientific and
development tools).  It might be worth it to expand the existing LiveCD
and burn it back to a DVD, since the G5 powermacs can boot from a DVD.

John

Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso wrote:
> Hi, this may be slightly offtopic, but I have a bit of a problem. Soon
> I will be spending a few weeks in GIMMC, a mathematical modelling camp
> (http://www.pims.math.ca/industrial/2006/06gimmc/), and I'm a little
> uncomfortable by the idea of having to use non-free software in order
> to get work done during GIMMC (I haven't touched non-free software in
> years; I usually carry around with me a Knoppix CD just for this
> purpose). I'm told they will have G5 Powermacs. Does anyone know of an
> easy way to obtain or create a GNU/Linux live cd with Octave on it for
> the powerpc64 architecture?
>
> Thanks,
> - Jordi G. H.
> _______________________________________________
> Help-octave mailing list
> address@hidden
> https://www.cae.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/help-octave
>
>
>