disk format prog

David Ex crossbones.ex at gmail.com
Sun Dec 20 02:50:49 UTC 2009


Tom, are you saying that you couldn't access a RAID disk from Kubuntu Live
or just a 'normal' ext3 type disk?  Because you should be able mount any
disk from any linux distro... tho I never messed around with a RAID format
before.

That being said I suggest Damn Small Linux if you're needing to edit a
config file or simply copy a few things because you can fit it on your thumb
drive and have plenty of room to spare.

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You might want to also consider a LiveCD of Knoppix 6.04 or higher.  I
run kubuntu 9.10 KK on a computer with two hard disks, 500GB/ea, as a
hardware RAID 1.  Since it is RAID 1, kubuntu does not see anything on
the hard drive SDB.  On a LiveCD kubuntu does not allow access to
anything on the disk as far as I have been able to tell.  When I had a
problem with kubuntu, due to my own fault, I could not repair it with
kKK (Karmic Koala), I ended up booting to a LiveCD of Knoppix 6.04 and
was able to see the same data on both drives.  After I repaired the
defect in a file on one drive, I viewed the other drive and it was
corrected.  The fact that Knoppix allowed access to the second drive of
the RAID 1 was news to me.
That is why I recommend you keep it in mind as a disk/file repair utility.
I also have a copy of Ubuntu Rescue Remix 9.04, but have not had an
occasion to use it, so I can not address its value.
Good luck!

Tom
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