Sorry, I meant for that to go to the whole group. Please ignore my stupidity. Ben. Loren Burlingame wrote: > > 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 _______________________________________________ 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