XPost: alt.os.linux.mint, alt.os.linux.mageia, alt.os.linux.pclinuxos   
   From: alan@invalid.com   
      
   On 1/30/25 04:01 PM, pinnerite wrote:   
   > I often need to boot on a live drive (DVD or flashdrive) in order to   
   > work on my hard drives/SSDs unmounted.   
   >   
   > Up to now I have used Parted Magic or Knoppix but I actually do not   
   > really like either of them. Their only attraction is that they seem to   
   > be able to boot on any 86 based  architecture.   
   >   
   > I wondered if Antix might be a better alternative.   
   > Has anyone any experience in this area?   
   >   
   >   
   Have you tried puppy?   
   Of course it depends on what desktop you want too.   
   I have a gparted-live ISO.   
      
   I also just installed Linux Mint on a thumb drive.  It's just another   
   partition, so I can   
   keep it up to date easily forever.  Only issue is that when the kernel is   
   updated it   
   writes the efi partition and I have restore it back to reset everything.  It   
   takes less   
   time to restore (the few times I've had to) than to figure a way around it   
   happening.   
      
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