> Does any one know how to make a bootable cd that automatically loads an
> java application on startup?
Why bootable? For doing what you want it should be enough to burn your
application and a VM (JRE) onto a CD and run from the CD - manually
started or via some autostart mechanism.
You boot the normal OS and then you run the application. A JRE runs
without the need to install it.
> I could try to remaster knoppix, but that seems hard and very time
> consuming.
That doesn't look to complicated for me:
http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Knoppix_Remastering_Howto
/Thomas

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