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livecd

Run a livecd quickly and easily. Uses virtualbox for magic.

installation

gem install livecd

usage

livecd start myos.iso

livecd list
# myos

livecd stop

Quickstart:

# download damn small linux (http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/)
wget http://distro.ibiblio.org/damnsmall/release_candidate/dsl-4.11.rc2.iso
livecd start --memory 512 dsl-4.11.rc2.iso

Configure the memory. The default is 128 MB, but you can change it.

livecd start --memory 512 myos.iso

Run multiple livecds at the same time:

livecd start cd_a.iso
livecd start cd_a.iso
livecd start cd_b.iso

livecd list
# cd_a
# cd_a-1
# cd_b

livecd stop cd_a
# or stop all:
livecd stop

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livecd's Issues

thor is not installed with gem install livecd

This happend on Ubuntu 13.04 64 bit

user@machine:/$ sudo gem install livecd
Fetching: livecd-0.9.gem (100%)
Successfully installed livecd-0.9
1 gem installed
Installing ri documentation for livecd-0.9...
Installing RDoc documentation for livecd-0.9...
user@machine:/$ livecd
/usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require': cannot load such file -- thor (LoadError)
    from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
    from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/livecd-0.9/bin/livecd:3:in `<top (required)>'
    from /usr/local/bin/livecd:23:in `load'
    from /usr/local/bin/livecd:23:in `<main>'
user@machine:/$ sudo gem install thor
Fetching: thor-0.18.1.gem (100%)
Successfully installed thor-0.18.1
1 gem installed
Installing ri documentation for thor-0.18.1...
Installing RDoc documentation for thor-0.18.1...
user@machine:~$ livecd
Commands:
  livecd help [COMMAND]    # Describe available commands or one specific command
  livecd list              # list all running livecds
  livecd start <mycd.iso>  # start the iso livecd
  livecd stop [<mycd>]     # stop a running livecd or stop all running livecds

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