Create a Customized Live Linux CD or Bootable USB Thumb Drive Using Knoppix
Earlier this year, I was asked to find a bootable CD that would allow PCs in a special purpose lab, many of which had bad hard drives, to access our Citrix environment. Basically, we wanted to turn these PCs into thin clients to extend their life. I had been experimenting with Knoppix and decided it was time to try customizing my own Knoppix CD for use in the lab. Ultimately, the CD proved so useful that I created a bootable USB thumb drive from it for my own use -- mainly accessing Citrix and Windows Terminal Servers. In this article, I will provide step-by-step instructions on how to create a customized Knoppix CD and how to use that customized CD to create a bootable USB thumb drive.
Knoppix Overview
Knoppix is probably one of the most popular Live Linux CDs at this time and rightly so; it works on all sorts of hardware, includes everything you need to get going (in most cases), and is freely distributed. Of course, because of licensing restrictions, some applications (such as the Citrix ICA client) cannot be included with the default Knoppix distribution. However, through a process known as remastering, you can create your own custom Knoppix CD that includes the Citrix ICA client and any other applications you may want.
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