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True Stories of Knoppix Rescues

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the and-it-fits-in-your-wallet dept.

Omniscientist writes "We've all been there: Our system is on the edge of death and we need to either fix it or retrieve important data that still remains hidden away in its dying clutches. LinuxDevCenter has a funny article on a heroic tale of a sysadmin relying on Knoppix to save the day. I for one, always make a boot disk in case of problems, but Knoppix can turn a bad day into a good one for just about anyone. Perhaps every administrator should have a Knoppix CD on reserve."

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  1. Re:Virtual to Virtual migration by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Great. As your next project, I recommend GETTING A FUCKING LIFE .

  2. Re:Why is this a story? by Andrewkov · · Score: 0, Troll

    Using Knoppix to rescue a non-booting system .. common, people, they teach this stuff on Blues Clues! Is this news for nerds?

  3. Re:Offtopic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Most people use Knoppix to install cracked versions of Windows XP Professional.

  4. A true Knoppix story, but I sure wasn't rescued by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I decided, after hearing so much about Knoppix and how it could get me into using Linux without all the fuss (partitions? what? geez) I thought I'd give it a go.

    I was not impressed to say the least.

    I booted the operating system and then started work on an essay on the ontological beliefs of Heraclitus of Ephesos. First of all starting OpenOffice.org ('.org' at the end of an application name? What's with that?) took incredibly long. I could have installed my copy (yes, it's legit and paid for) of Windows Millenium Edition in the time it took to boot Knoppix and start OpenOffice.org. Anyway it was to my surprise that even though I saved this file to my 'Desktop', the next time I booted Knoppix it was nowhere to be found. So now my philosophy 521 paper was missing -- needless to say I booted into Windows Millenium Edition (where files don't just god damned disappear) and rewrote the paper, printed it (couldn't get that working in Knoppix either) and haven't looked back.

    I really like the idea of cooperation and open source software, the community idea seems really neat, and I hope these guys get their stuff together so regular guys like me can use this software at the efficiency and reliability that professional software offers.