Playing with Linux

busterb · 02-15-2006, 05:01 PM

I've been playing w/linux live cds some. Knoppix 3.7, 4.0 and Ubuntu 5.10 breezy badger. Someone told me 4.0 doesn't do USB, mine did I guess, my mouse & kbd. are usb. But then caught an error and never finished loading. Am burning a new copy of .iso at slower speed. Also dwnloading the dvd .iso I hope? Here are links about repairing windows w/linux. Read close because I think there's a bug when you have NTFS.
http://www.shockfamily.net/cedric/knoppix/
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...1918391,00.asp.
Bigv posted about using VPC so I thought I would throw this out.

mbpark · 02-15-2006, 10:43 PM

Yes,

according to that article, there are bugs with the way NTFS is handled because "captive NTFS" aka using the Windows DLLs didn't work as reliably as expected.

I personally won't use Knoppix to fix a broken Windows installation. I'll use Bart's PE or ERD Commander, both of which boot to a minimal Windows installation (XP in the case of Bart's PE). You can even install drivers in Bart's PE for things like RAID and SAN controllers, and bring a Proliant server up on the network even after it's down to do work.

In case you're wondering, it's a customizable Windows installation which uses your existing CDs and a group of plugins and drivers to make the recovery experience much less painful.

Knoppix is perfectly fine for doing Linux-based work, but if you have to fix a Windows installation, I'll recommend Bart's PE to anyone, as it uses Windows itself. Having a 250GB FAT32 partition is asking for trouble.

Mitch

02-15-2006, 05:01 PM	#1
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Playing with Linux I've been playing w/linux live cds some. Knoppix 3.7, 4.0 and Ubuntu 5.10 breezy badger. Someone told me 4.0 doesn't do USB, mine did I guess, my mouse & kbd. are usb. But then caught an error and never finished loading. Am burning a new copy of .iso at slower speed. Also dwnloading the dvd .iso I hope? Here are links about repairing windows w/linux. Read close because I think there's a bug when you have NTFS. http://www.shockfamily.net/cedric/knoppix/ http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...1918391,00.asp. Bigv posted about using VPC so I thought I would throw this out. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch. Last edited by busterb; 02-15-2006 at 05:03 PM. Reason: sp

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02-15-2006, 10:43 PM	#2
mbpark Lecturer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 761	Yes, according to that article, there are bugs with the way NTFS is handled because "captive NTFS" aka using the Windows DLLs didn't work as reliably as expected. I personally won't use Knoppix to fix a broken Windows installation. I'll use Bart's PE or ERD Commander, both of which boot to a minimal Windows installation (XP in the case of Bart's PE). You can even install drivers in Bart's PE for things like RAID and SAN controllers, and bring a Proliant server up on the network even after it's down to do work. In case you're wondering, it's a customizable Windows installation which uses your existing CDs and a group of plugins and drivers to make the recovery experience much less painful. Knoppix is perfectly fine for doing Linux-based work, but if you have to fix a Windows installation, I'll recommend Bart's PE to anyone, as it uses Windows itself. Having a 250GB FAT32 partition is asking for trouble. Mitch

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