Scientific Linux Live CD/DVD 5.1
Scientific Linux Live CD/DVD 5.1 has been released for i386 and x86_64
The Scientific Linux Live CD/DVD runs Scientific Linux directly from CD/DVD without installing. It can be downloaded from ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/livecd/51. Public mirrors of Scientific Linux 5.1 LiveCD/DVD can be found at the Scientificlinux.org download page (https://www.scientificlinux.org/download).
The following versions are available:- Mini-LiveCD 32bit with Icewm desktop
- LiveCD 32bit with Gnome desktop
- LiveCD 64bit with Gnome desktop
- LiveDVD 32bit with Gnome/KDE/Icewm desktop
- LiveDVD 64bit with Gnome/KDE/Icewm desktop
- fully writable root filesystem
- hardware auto-detection
- can be installed to local hard disk
- can be installed on USB key
- can be mounted over NFS (as diskless client)
- ntfs-3g (read/write NTFS support)
- ntfsprogs
- kernel-module-ntfs
- gparted
- testdisk
- dd_rescue
- partimage (only i386 and DVD)
- iperf
- aufs
- kernel 2.6.18-53.1.13.el5 (including iwlwifi WLAN driver)
- OpenAFS client 1.4.6
- update to the latest SL 5.1 software
- first release of Mini-LiveCD and LiveDVD