Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Coert Waagmeester <lgroups@××××××××××××××.za>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: system rescue usb stick
Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 11:10:01
Message-Id: 4DDA402F.7090201@waagmeester.co.za
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: system rescue usb stick by Mick
1 On 05/22/2011 01:36 PM, Mick wrote:
2 > On Saturday 21 May 2011 23:17:30 walt wrote:
3 >> On 05/20/2011 04:22 AM, Coert Waagmeester wrote:
4 >>> On 05/19/2011 04:12 AM, Valmor de Almeida wrote:
5 >>>> Is SystemRescueCd still a good system rescue tool? The web site has not
6 >>>> been updated for over 1 year. Thanks for other suggestions.
7 >>>
8 >>> I use it for all my gentoo installations as well.
9 >>> Have even removed windows viruses from windows boxen with it.
10 >>
11 >> How did you repair a windows box with it? I can't even begin to guess!
12 >
13 > Mount it with ntfs-3g, scan it with clam after updating the virus signatures
14 > (freshclam) and then remove or copy away infected files.
15
16 This is exactly what I did.
17
18 I cant live without systemrescueCD
19
20 The USB installer is also awesome.
21
22 >
23 > Alternatively, it may be possible to dd the partition and pipe it to clam (not
24 > sure if this will work with a whole partition instead of a file) using
25 > something like:
26 >
27 > dd if=/dev/sda1 | clamscan -
28 >
29 >
30 > Alternatively, you can use Knoppix and Fprot, bitdefender and clam.
31 >
32 > Or, you can use the many LiveCDs and Live-USBs that Kaspersky, BitDefender, et
33 > al are producing these days.