[Gllug] Rescue disks

[Chyr Ye Hong]

andrew-li at black1.org.uk wrote:
> I am using Knoppix 3.6 as a rescue disc for a failed machine and 
> have some questions
>  - is there a better dist/disk available. I find the knopix seems 
>    to load everything but the kitchen sink (eg apache, mysql)
>
>  - can any disk write to NTFS partitions
>
>   
Try trinity rescue kit (TRK). Its got a facility which allows you to 
update the stock standard ISO when its booted on an XP machine and 
extract the necessary files to mount NTFS read-write. Its command line 
only and has utilities for unerasing NTFS (although how effective I'm 
not sure).

Hong

		
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