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System Recovery with Knoppix

Posted by michael on from the handy-stuff dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This article shows how to access a non-booting Linux system with a Knoppix CD, get read-write permissions on configuration files, create and manage partitions and filesystems, and copy files to various storage media and over the network. You can use Knoppix for hardware and system configuration detection and for creating and managing partitions and filesystems. You can do it all from Knoppix's excellent graphical utilities, or from the command line."

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  1. Re:Yes, but.... by TAGmclaren · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    What if the Linux that you can't boot already is Knoppix? Can you swap this recovery CD with your regular Knoppix CD during the boot process?


    My advice? Sell your machine, and buy a Mac. It will just work(TM), and everything you could possibly want to do on a Linux box will work just as well, if not better. There's virtually no software you can run on Linux that won't run on a Mac - the inverse is not true.

    Having a single architect means all the crap like is raised in this story is eliminated. Somebody else has ensured that the system will boot on your machine for you. They've chucked in a whole lot of other cool stuff for you too simply because they own the hardware - things like the OS monitoring system temperatures and fan speeds in a desktop machine. Aren't too many desktop systems that do that for you, are there?
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  2. Re:Linux has come a long way ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    sheep shagger.

    fuck off.

  3. MORE KNOPPIX INFO AT http://www.aurand-web.com/ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Aurand web!

  4. Re:So do other distros by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    so did yours. but apparently your dad's black dick doesn't rise. she needed some sweet lovin'

  5. heh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I think IBMs sweating, the site nearly timed out for me. IBM Admin:'MORE POWER PC SERVERS QUICK!' Smartarse: 'You mean Opterons?'