LiveCDs, take 2
kd4d at comcast.net
kd4d at comcast.net
Thu Nov 11 11:47:09 UTC 2004
Last time I checked, Knoppix had old versions of NTFSRESIZE
and qtParted and was not a good choice for repartitioning.
I use the System Rescue CD...sysresccd.org. It doesn't have
X Windows, but works quite well. About 100 MBytes for the
download.
Mark
> 1. Though it has a lot more than fixing things, Knoppix is the best bet
> for being able to fix anything on an i386 architecture. It has a
> partitioning tool, but I can't remember which one it is.
>
> 2. I have no clue. However, when I got the latest one and saw the
> Ubuntu watermark as the default desktop, I was scratching my head a bit.
>
> Travis Newman wrote:
> > OK there's obviously the Ubuntu live cd, then theres Knoppix, Gnoppix,
> > Mepis, many others that I haven't looked at yet, but it seems that most
> > are based on Debian. I have a couple questions.
> >
> > 1) I'm not using a live CD as a standard distribution. I don't really
> > care about the web browsers, email clients, office apps, or anything. I
> > just want a live CD for fixing things. Which one of these would you
> > suggest?
> > Preferably one with qtparted for partitioning, but that's not necessary.
> >
> > 2) What exactly is the relationship between Gnoppix and Ubuntu? It says
> > on their website that they have a joint effort going on now, and that
> > the newest version is codenamed Warty and based on Ubuntu instead of
> > Debian. But the contact information is Canonical. Are the Gnoppix and
> > Ubuntu live cds essentially the same at this point?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Travis Newman
> >
>
>
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