On Monday 28 April 2003 01:34 pm, Patrick McCabe wrote: > >I would consider knoppix more of a 'demo' linux than a rescue cd. It > >can certainly be used as a rescue cd. I think most will agree that you > >need really _need_ kde to perform any rescue tasks. When I need a > >rescue CD I, personally, don't wan't to wait for kde to load, from a CD > >no less. > >just my $0.02 > > Type 'knoppix 2' at the boot prompt and it boots into the command line. > This is how I usually use it - I don't have the patience to wait for a > full kde load. That said, its got a lot of tools for rescue tasks. It's > amazing the amount of stuff they packed onto that cd. Agreed--knoppix 2 is the way to go. I just used it last week to recover 1.9 GB of e-mail off a crashed W2K machine. The VP of Sales was sweating...Linux to the rescue. -- Thanks, James Spinti jspinti at dartdist dot com 952-368-3278 ext 396 fax 952-368-3255 _______________________________________________ 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