Re: [gentoo-user] Knoppix Install Method

[Stroller]

On Dec 10, 2005, at 9:04 pm, Nick Smith wrote:
>
> ... i know that doesnt answer your knoppix question but i deal
> with that crap everyday and i have tried using knoppix a few times and
> it had problems with the ntfs partitions.  where would you put the
> data once you got it? its booted off the cd, so even if it was a
> burner how would you burn something when the drive is being used? a
> flash drive possibly.  but probably the easiest way to get that data
> (sorry to say) is get winders functioning again, get your data, and
> then blow it away.

That's funny - I deal with Windows problems all day & everyday & I 
prefer Knoppix for getting data off failed Windows installations.

I've never experienced any problems reading from NTFS partitions and 
prefer to use that than having to worry about a Windows install 
forgetting to copy "hidden" files (such as Outlook Application Data or 
Outlook Distress Identities) or something. I have confidence that if I 
do `cp -rvf * /to/somewhere/` then every file will be copied.

I use a portable USB hard-drive which Knoppix recognises & makes a 
/mnt/uba1 (or /mnt/sda1 if I connect it with firewire) entry for and 
just boot with `knoppix 2`.

It's interesting how different people do the same thing different ways,

Stroller.

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