livecd with ftp server?

dust · 2006-02-18 12:36:07

There is a good deal of data present on an HDD with a corrupted to hell windows install. I do not want to attach the disk to any of my boxen incase there is malicious software present, but the data I need to retrieve is important to my family. The idea I like best for dealing with this is to boot the machine with a linux liveCD that has an ftp server script I can activate in order to be able to pull the data to another box, who's folder I have drive mapped in a windows xp machine with anti virus software installed.

gradgrind · 2006-02-18 14:28:46

What about using ssh/fish etc.? It might be easier. I think knoppix/kanotix can do that - probably most other live CDs too.

dust · 2006-02-19 04:51:27

They have sshd running on those?

gradgrind · 2006-02-19 08:43:27

I just tried kanotix-2005-3. There is an entry in the kanotix menu to start the ssh server. It works fine - though you will need a password or public key file to access it from outside. I did 'sudo passwd' to set a root password, and then remote access was no problem.

dust · 2006-02-20 06:42:46

Awsome, thanks.

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#1 2006-02-18 12:36:07

livecd with ftp server?

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Re: livecd with ftp server?

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