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I've been doing some freelance computer repairs for a bit of extra cash recently, and I haven't needed to use a live CD yet to do data retrieval, but I'm sure the day will come.
I was wondering if any of you have any live distros you'd reccommend with basic network analysis, NTFS support and preferabbly one that loads into RAM so I can free up the optical drive. There seem to be quite a few out there that fit those criteria, but I'd rather ask you then try them all out.
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I'd recommend BackTrack for network penetration and parted magic for disk recovery. PM will load to RAM not sure about BackTrack though.
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grml, grml and grml ...
Did I mention grml?
But - I would use version 2009.05 rather than 2009.10 as the latter uses grub2 - whenever I need to reinstall grub (and it happens a l-o-t!) I just pop in grml and "bob's your uncle"
grml has _everything_ but the kitchen sink
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I've been doing some freelance computer repairs for a bit of extra cash recently, and I haven't needed to use a live CD yet to do data retrieval, but I'm sure the day will come.
I was wondering if any of you have any live distros you'd reccommend with basic network analysis, NTFS support and preferabbly one that loads into RAM so I can free up the optical drive. There seem to be quite a few out there that fit those criteria, but I'd rather ask you then try them all out.
I always like having an ubuntu livecd, since it has gparted, ntfs support, network analysis tools can be aptitude install(ed). But it doesn't load into memory, iirc. But then again you could have it stored on a liveusb and that would solve your problem also
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I've used SystemRescueCD for this sort of thing for years. I've never had it not boot successfuly on any machine, from desktops to netbooks. Can easily be installed to usb stick (use unetbootin) or even the hard drive. And you can remove the CD from the drive if you enter at the boot: prompt:
fb1024 docache doeject
It has partimage too - very reliable backup solution.
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Someone should mention Knoppix here - kind of Swiss Army knife for recovery, you should always have a CD around. grml will probably do the trick too, I haven't tried that yet. But they are great for funny (though largely untranslatable) version names.
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Parted Magic (www.partedmagic.com) is what I always have with me on an USB stick. Small, looks great, has everything you need.
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Knoppix is known for it's recovery usage. I heard many people are using it as recovery disk. Better try damn small linux on USB.
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Parted Magic (www.partedmagic.com) is what I always have with me on an USB stick. Small, looks great, has everything you need.
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Well, Until I needed to chroot to x86_64. It turned out all minimal live CDs are i386-i686.
It lacks burning tools too. Including cli-only cdrtools would make it perfect.
I used wolvix long time ago. I don't know If It's still good for recovery tasks and If It's well maintained upstream(support ext4).
I might someday build (l)Arch(x86_64)+xvesa+lxde Live CD.
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It lacks burning tools too. Including cli-only cdrtools would make it perfect.
It does have burning tools - xfburn for a GUI app and cdrskin for the cli.
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Although no live distro, UltimateBootCd can come in handy if you want to run hardware checks quickly.
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riplinux over here. Obviously the non_X version. I use it even for the arch installing.
They say that if you play a Win cd backward you hear satanic messages. That's nothing! 'cause if you play it forwards, it installs windows.
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another vote for Parted Magic, here
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another vote for Parted Magic, here
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I always using Parted Magic for partitioning and recovery usage.
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Depending on the situation, I use
Super Grub
Ubuntu Rescue Remix
Ultimate Boot CD
They have all helped me out of tricky situations.
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