distro with live full desktop + vnc, gparted, and partimage

graysky · 2009-10-18 09:32:59

Basically, I need to help troubleshoot systems remotely and am looking for a live distro that one can boot entirely from CDROM that contains the following:

#1 Desktop (Gnome, xfce or whatever)
#2 VNC so that the user booting into this can simply switch on VNC and allow me access
#3 Gparted
#4 Partimage

So for I found Ubuntu 9.04 which has #1,#2, and #3, but not #4. You'd be surprised how tough this one is to find in google

gradgrind · 2009-10-18 14:15:16

What about systemrescuecd? Or is the gui too basic for you?

If you like ubuntu, I think there is a tool for making a customized version, so you could just add what you need.

Or look at some other way of building your own ... it's easy enough with Arch, you even have two options, archiso and larch.

graysky · 2009-10-18 14:43:08

I'll look into larch and archiso... basically, I just want the abilities to use the aforementioned apps through a GUI like gnome.

loafer · 2009-10-18 15:18:53

knoppix may be worth a look too.

graysky · 2009-10-24 10:20:14

I just put Arch + tightvnc on a small partition and added grub to the mix. The system was a friend's running XP by the way

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#1 2009-10-18 09:32:59

distro with live full desktop + vnc, gparted, and partimage

#2 2009-10-18 14:15:16

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