Re: Linux/UNIX remote acess bootdisk

John Thompson wrote:
On 2008-01-23, eljainc <eljainc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

While I'm not a Linux user, I have a keen interest in using a Linux
boot disk to acess data on a PC that has a Windows Pro OS installed.
Is there
such a utility (a boot disk) that would boot up and set up network
connections and allow tech support personnel to connect to a another
computer via the Internet to connect and remotely control it, or at
the very least access the file system, so that if a file were corrupt,
it could be recopied or replaced.

Try the "System Rescue CD" (http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page)

I've done this many times, usually with the cd-based Linux distribution 'Knoppix', but you can do it with any cd-based linux distro. Most major distributions now have 'Live' versions of the distribution, that you can burn and then boot to the cd (SuSE, Ubuntu, Fedora all do). Once the cd boots, you can activate networking and mount the hard drive to have access to the data. I very often will do an XP reload like this:
- Boot to Knoppix, activate ethernet, mount hard drive
- Copy all personal data to share on a local server
- Reboot to XP cd, reformat/reload
- Copy personal data back onto the system from the server
.

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