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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