[Xastir] Some advice on a dedicated Xastir box please?

[Dick C. Reichenbach]

Bob Nielsen wrote:
> > It would be interesting to have a floppy-based or live CDROM-based
> > Xastir/Linux distribution.  That could get a lot of people to try
> > Linux and Xastir that otherwise wouldn't.  Perhaps some other
> > floppy-based distribution could be tweaked to include Xastir easily
> > rather than starting from scratch.
> >
> > This could be useful for emergency situations where you need to
> > bring a borrowed computer up onto APRS quickly.
> 
> I have been thinking a bit about that.  Perhaps Knoppix would be an
> appropriate starting point.  You could probably fit nearly all the
> available ham software onto the CD by removing some of the existing
> stuff.  After I get a couple of existing projects out of the way I
> might give it a shot unless someone else beats me to the punch.

I was also thinking about this.  What about maps?  With so much and
different map availability it would be impossible to put every different
combination of maps that someone could want for an emergency situation. 
We could end up with multiple DVD's.

Dick R. - KC8OBZ