Suggestions for a Linux LiveCD which is command-line only?
Bradley Hook
bhook at kssb.net
Mon Jan 28 13:46:46 CST 2008
Check out the Helix LiveCD, which is actually designed to do forensics.
Moving data around and having functional drivers is one of Helix's
strong areas. It's Knoppix based, and the GRUB boot screen has a CONSOLE
mode that is easily selected.
Just a fair warning, since Helix is a forensics tool, by default it wont
modify ANYTHING in the permanent storage of the system it is booted on.
This can be advantageous if you are trying to recover data off of a
crashed/hacked system, but it can also be annoying if you aren't aware
of what is going on and why.
~Bradley
Leo Mauler wrote:
> I had a motherboard die on me recently. I had a spare
> machine with no OS and a spare hard drive, so I booted
> up KNOPPIX on the spare machine and set up the system
> to copy files off the dead computer's hard drives onto
> the backup hard drive.
>
> After about 24 hours only 15GB had copied between the
> two hard drives, with 30GB to go. I assume that
> KNOPPIX's heavy memory use was slowing down the file
> transfer, and I think I need a CLI-only LiveCD.
>
> The most commonly used tools I need for such a LiveCD
> are network capability (including DHCP client), Samba
> support for mounting Samba shares on other machines,
> and "mc" to make copying functions easier, such as for
> Windows filenames with lots of spaces. If anyone
> knows of such a LiveCD, please let me know.
>
>
> ____________________________________________________________________________________
> Be a better friend, newshound, and
> know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
>
> _______________________________________________
> Kclug mailing list
> Kclug at kclug.org
> http://kclug.org/mailman/listinfo/kclug
>
>
More information about the Kclug
mailing list