Checking hard disk with fsck

[Li Li]

On Fri, 2010-10-29 at 17:57 +0800, Goh Lip wrote:
> On Friday 29,October,2010 10:23 AM, Li Li wrote:
> >
> > I used this system for a while to thwart an employer's demand that only
> > Windows 2000 be used on company-issued laptops.  The IT guys couldn't
> > see (or more likely chose to overlook) the little ext2 partition I made
> > for my persistent Knoppix.
> 
> 
> Lilly, this may be OT by now, I understand you perfectly. For same 
> reasons, I've used dsl, puppy linux on the usb stick to keep persistent 
> *and* portable - hard to do that with cd's and roaming hard disks or 
> rather roaming me. :)
> 

Sure, this was 8 or 9 years ago now, before installation to a usb stick
was common or even possible.  Now I'm retired and don't need to deceive
anyone about anything or bother with a laptop, which I always *hated*
carrying around.
  
> Knoppix then tends to be more resource hungry (compared with the 2 
> above) and booting 'toram' will not cut with some underperforming 
> computers - I was surprised to see more of this in well developed cites 
> than in rural 'go by canoe' counties. Of course, midnight commander and 
> other archaic apps was necessary.
> 
> Recently, installed Lubuntu to a usb stick and was impressed. "Lean and 
> mean" was how I'd described it. Fonts, graphics, codecs are excellent 
> and it's fast too. And no need for midnight commander or a stealth ext2 
> partition at your office computer.
> 
> Thought you might like to try it out.
I've used Lubuntu some and installed it for others.  If I were still
going around fixing things that idiots have messed up I'd certainly be
carrying a bunch of usb sticks with lots of different r&r distros too.

Happily, I'm firmly rooted at home now and using a DVD for rescue is
just as convenient since I never have to do much more than carry it
downstairs to help with the family business.  Every computer I'm likely
to have to work on supports Knoppix very well and I'm used to it.  By
the time optical drives disappear for good, I may well have done the
same.


-- 
Lilly
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