Helix

[Karl Larsen]

Les Mikesell wrote:
> Karl Larsen wrote:
>>    Using the Gnome CD Writer which is working well now, I made a 
>> Helix CD Rom and tested it. I watched as the tester ran through the 
>> things on the disk and it is really nice. It is a Knoppix type of 
>> construction much like the Fedora "Live F7" and the earlier one that 
>> brings up linux and then my favorite Amateur Radio software gmfsk. It 
>> actually works!
>>
>>    Now I want to get the Fedora CD image and see how it compares with 
>> Helix. I am right now wondering how much better Helix is than the 
>> simple rescue mode on the F7 DVD? I think the answer is that Helix 
>> has some binaries that begin XP this and that and have .exe extentions.
>>
>>    Helix works and it needs an expert to run it.
>
> Knoppix is fairly usable as a windows rescue disk if you just want to 
> copy files off a working but non-bootable drive. I haven't used the 
> most current versions but it used to come up with read-only ntfs 
> support and had the option to install the captive driver from the 
> windows partition itself if you wanted r/w.  Since the network comes 
> up normally, you can use ftp/scp/rsync/nfs/samba, etc. to copy files 
> elsewhere.  Exporting via samba lets you poke around with windows 
> tools from another machine.
>
    The example I read was where the Helix is on the broken computer and 
it copies all the important stuff to another computer connected via a 
USB port. That works if the broken computer has enough left to do the 
USB port :-)

Karl