# \[ANN\] Rails LiveCD 0.2.1 Released **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [October 17, 2006, 3:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rails-livecd-0-2-1-released/72415 "2006-10-17T03:55:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bk669](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/85e7bf/32.png) [@bk669](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bk669)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 3:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rails-livecd-0-2-1-released/72415/1 "2006-10-17T03:55:08Z")
From [RailsLiveCD.org](http://www.railslivecd.org) I’m excited to release another version of the RailsLiveCD tonight. Version 0.2.1 of the LiveCD includes several enhancements and all the expected updates. Included in this release: ``` * Rails 1.1.16 * RadRails 0.7.1 * jEdit * emacs * Subversion * MySQL 5 & MySQL Administrator * SQLite * PostgreSQL 8 * Firefox 1.5 with several web development extensions * Gems : ZenTest, Rake, Rails, OpenID, Mogrel, Capistrano * KDevelop, Kate * TightVNC ``` This is a great release with nearly all the bells and whistles a Rails Developer needs. As always feedback is encouraged. Thank you to all the folks who suggested additions and enhancements from the first version. It is truly fun creating a tool that is used by so many people. Here is the information page about using a LiveCD based on PCLinuxOS. The really useful stuff is at the bottom of the page. You can use a USB drive to store your home folder and save your work between sessions. You can also use a disk image on a real hard drive or a partition on a real hard drive. If given the opportunity it is much easier to just use the installer icon on the desktop to install it permanently. The RailsLiveCD is a great addition to a virtual environment such as Qemu, VMWare and Parallels. I’ll upload a VMWare Player definition as soon as I can create one. Meanwhile, head over to [http://www.easyvmx.com](http://www.easyvmx.com) and make your own. Brian K. [http://www.railslivecd.org](http://www.railslivecd.org) ---
**Author:** ![bk669](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/85e7bf/32.png) [@bk669](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bk669)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 12:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rails-livecd-0-2-1-released/72415/2 "2006-10-17T12:47:07Z")
Thanks for this livecd! I’m using it at school when I have not my home computer with Rails installed on it. Just all the tools I love on one disk 🙂 Any reason why it’s based on PClinux? Cause I’m a bit of a 'Buntu fan 😉 Keep up the good work! ---
**Author:** ![bk669](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/85e7bf/32.png) [@bk669](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bk669)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 1:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rails-livecd-0-2-1-released/72415/3 "2006-10-17T13:25:15Z")
On 10/17/06, Joram [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Keep up the good work! > I see there is an option to run off the cd and still save to a flash > drive ? > Maybe I’m wrong. > Is that fairly easy to do , does the flash stick need to be formatted in > anyway, or clear of any other filesystems ? TIA Stuart ---
**Author:** ![bk669](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/85e7bf/32.png) [@bk669](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bk669)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 2:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rails-livecd-0-2-1-released/72415/4 "2006-10-17T14:02:54Z")
Joram wrote: > Thanks for this livecd! > I’m using it at school when I have not my home computer with Rails > installed on it. Just all the tools I love on one disk 🙂 > > Any reason why it’s based on PClinux? Cause I’m a bit of a 'Buntu fan > 😉 > > Keep up the good work! I played with several different LiveCD enabling distributions before settling on PCLinuxOS. It’s amazingly easy to maintain and upgrade and Texstar the maintainer does a fantastic job of keeping the entire distribution tight and stable. I’m glad you’re enjoying the LiveCD. That’s motivation for these long nights. And it might help my wife understand why she can’t check her email at home because our entire 2MB upstream is saturated 🙂 Brian ---
**Author:** ![bk669](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/85e7bf/32.png) [@bk669](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bk669)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 2:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rails-livecd-0-2-1-released/72415/5 "2006-10-17T14:05:33Z")
Stuart Fellowes wrote: > On 10/17/06, Joram [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > Keep up the good work! > > I see there is an option to run off the cd and still save to a flash > > drive ? > > Maybe I’m wrong. > > Is that fairly easy to do , does the flash stick need to be formatted in > > anyway, or clear of any other filesystems ? > > TIA > Stuart Stuart, it’s very easy to save your state to a USB drive or a file/partition on your host computer. there’s a USBHome option that you can use when you boot that will automatically do this, or you can use a command line program to write your changes to (and subsequently read them from) an external source. This makes the LiveCD extremely portable. I use a USB thumb drive and VMWare at work and a USB thumb drive and Parallels Workstation for Mac at home. And all my code comes with me 🙂 See the wiki at [pclinuxos.com](http://pclinuxos.com) or the help links included on the desktop of the CD. Best, Brian ---
**Author:** ![bk669](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/85e7bf/32.png) [@bk669](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bk669)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 11:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rails-livecd-0-2-1-released/72415/6 "2006-10-18T11:50:48Z")
You can download the image from: [http://int80h.de/pub/railslive-0.2.1.iso](http://int80h.de/pub/railslive-0.2.1.iso) if torrent is not possible. More mirrors will follow. railslive-0.2.1.iso MD5 hash - cac54b5f6b2b61397e4f52b45a3e7944 Check the Hash-Sum: cat CHECKSUM.railslive-0.2.1.iso.MD5 cac54b5f6b2b61397e4f52b45a3e7944 railslive-0.2.1.iso cat CHECKSUM.railslive-0.2.1.iso.SH1 ca758af8e49785daa45a627c5de1f6d1e3696b28 railslive-0.2.1.iso ---
**Author:** ![bk669](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/85e7bf/32.png) [@bk669](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bk669)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rails-livecd-0-2-1-released/72415/7 "2006-10-18T16:42:52Z")
> - SQLite > - PostgreSQL 8 > - Firefox 1.5 with several web development extensions > - Gems : ZenTest, Rake, Rails, OpenID, Mogrel, Capistrano > - KDevelop, Kate > - TightVNC Great job!!! You can also provide optional shipping of this product on a CD for $15 + shipping. I installed the VM player. When I invoke the VM player, it pops up a message saying it needs a bootable disk. How do I run the RailsLive CD in this case?