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pogeymanz

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Registered: 2008-03-11

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Best LiveCD for rescuing AND actually using as a temp system.

The Arch CD is great for rescuing my system when I break it. I use LVM and a lot of distros don't have those tools on the LiveCD.

However, if I bork my computer and simply need to get stuff done, I need graphics and Firefox, at least. Also being able to quickly/easily connect to WPA wireless networks is crucial.

Being fast would be great too, but it's more important to have the stuff I need.

Which distro would be best for me to have on hand? I was thinking Fedora because I know it has LVM stuff on the LiveCD. But there might be a lighter/faster option.

falconindy

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From: New York, USA

Registered: 2009-10-22

Posts: 4,111

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Re: Best LiveCD for rescuing AND actually using as a temp system.

The swiss army knife of liveCDs: http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page

edit: wooo, 2^10 posts.

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firecat53

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From: Lake Stevens, WA, USA

Registered: 2007-05-14

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Re: Best LiveCD for rescuing AND actually using as a temp system.

Roll your own with Larch Typing this from a Larch install on a flash drive. Looks almost identical to my laptop. I keep a chroot on my laptop updated and periodically update the larch install from that.

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tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: Best LiveCD for rescuing AND actually using as a temp system.

One word: grml.

yngwin

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Registered: 2009-05-08

Posts: 67

Re: Best LiveCD for rescuing AND actually using as a temp system.

The swiss army knife of liveCDs: http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page

seconded

kinhodder

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From: UK

Registered: 2010-04-18

Posts: 65

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Re: Best LiveCD for rescuing AND actually using as a temp system.

I'm a grml fan, but Slitaz is nice to have around for when you 'simply need to get stuff done'.

Edit: Or maybe not - their site seems to be down at the moment.

Last edited by kinhodder (2011-02-17 12:56:41)

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chris-kun

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From: SF Bay Area

Registered: 2010-09-07

Posts: 235

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Re: Best LiveCD for rescuing AND actually using as a temp system.

archbang?

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s1gma

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Registered: 2009-09-29

Posts: 45

Re: Best LiveCD for rescuing AND actually using as a temp system.

I use archiso to build a custom Arch system with the tools I use.
Pros:
- it's Arch, so I know the rescue system, even if I boot it three times a year.
- really easy to build: a package list, overlays to apply conf, and archiso does the job.
- I dd this on a usb drive, and I add a FAT32 partition, so that if I want to copy a file from the borked system I copy it on the FAT32 partition and insert the drive on another PC.

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lilsirecho

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Registered: 2003-10-24

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Re: Best LiveCD for rescuing AND actually using as a temp system.

An excellent system in archlinux format for use as a regular or repair adjunct is CTKArchLive with the english boot option.

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DoctorSamulus

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Registered: 2010-11-04

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Re: Best LiveCD for rescuing AND actually using as a temp system.

I keep a USB loaded with Slitaz on me at all times. It's really useful for fixing things and using as a temporary operating system. I used it a lot to get rid of friends viruses too.

Anthony Bentley

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Registered: 2009-12-21

Posts: 76

Re: Best LiveCD for rescuing AND actually using as a temp system.

Used to use Slax, based on Slackware. Don’t know how well it’s held up.

Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

Re: Best LiveCD for rescuing AND actually using as a temp system.

My favorite is probably Parted Magic. Thought it doesn't come with GCC.

dolby

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Registered: 2006-08-08

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Re: Best LiveCD for rescuing AND actually using as a temp system.

The only reason i keep parted magic around is cause it includes unetbootin which neither grml or sysresccd have, both of which are fantastic.
I am also considering keeping a live medium with a full blown desktop environment around.
Possible candidates are mint and opensuse. Debian doesnt cut it due to the lack of binary wireless blobs.

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penguin

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From: Gotham City

Registered: 2010-12-31

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Re: Best LiveCD for rescuing AND actually using as a temp system.

I like system rescue CD, but it leaves a lot of space on a CD, so why not include clonezilla as well?

This is Clonezilla-SysRescCD LiveCD:
http://clonezilla-sysresccd.hellug.gr/project.html

Last edited by penguin (2011-03-04 10:50:08)