Ben Bargabus wrote: >Hello, >I have an NT machine that will no longer boot (long story) but I'd like >to get onto the drive and retrieve a few files I haven't backed up >before blowing everything away and reinstalling. The problem I have is >that my NT box has its drive formatted as NTFS so I can't just use a DOS >boot disk to get in there. Here's my question, can I build a linux >install that will fit on a floppy with NTFS support and a driver for my >3Com fastether xl card (so I can connect to another box and transfer >said files off)? Which distro(s) would work well for this? Are there >any HOWTOs you could point me to? >Thanks for all your help, >Ben. > >_______________________________________________ >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > I think Tom's Root/Boot is just the thing the doctor ordered. either that or you could try the linuxcare bootable business disk. and as a matter of fact you could also just use ntfsdos to mount your hard drive from a dos environment and copy your files off to another drive. sorry for not giving you some direct linkage but I am sort of pressed for time. A google search will find you everything you need though. LB _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list