Author Topic: How long can you run the Live CD?  (Read 1685 times)

Offline djohnston

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Re: How long can you run the Live CD?
« Reply #15 on: August 03, 2010, 02:02:12 PM »
This will give you some virtual memory, using the pagefile.sys from XP, which is already consuming drive space, without needing to re-partition the drive...

Using the page file as swap. That's good thinking!
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Re: How long can you run the Live CD?
« Reply #16 on: August 03, 2010, 02:07:27 PM »
This will give you some virtual memory, using the pagefile.sys from XP, which is already consuming drive space, without needing to re-partition the drive...

Using the page file as swap. That's good thinking!


Thanks.

The other thing I sometimes do with long running LiveCD sessions (particularly when administering an ailing XP install), is to enable sshd, and create myself a user, which can then be used to remotely access the system (backups, etc...whatever).  This way, I don't have to be at that PC all the time, but can work from the comfort of my familiar desktop  ;D

However, there are some inherent risks associated with opening well known ports, so I wouldn't recommend this as regular, noob fodder  :D :D