Re: [debian-knoppix] Using Knoppix for rescue disk.
Hallo John,
> I know of at least one MSWindows user who keeps a Knoppix disk around
> to rescue his system in case of a catastrophic event, such as a virus.
> He uses Knoppix to access his intact files.
>
> I am trying to figure out how this works. During a Knoppix session can
> one dismount the CDR and then write to a blank cdr or cdrw? If so, is
> there a way
Start knoppix with toram or tohd=/dev/hdaX, then you may use your
CD-Drive to write a CD. I once wrote down some lines to put a directory
to CD (X is drive partition):
#----------- cut and paste these lines -------------------------
export CDR_DEVICE=$(cdrecord -scanbus | awk '/RW/{print $1}')#> Linux sg
driver version: 3.1.25 echo $CDR_DEVICE
#> 0,1,0
CD_DIR=/user/dta
nice --18 mkisofs -J -R $CD_DIR | cdrecord -v fs=6m -eject -
#>cdrecord: No write mode specified.
#>cdrecord: Asuming -tao mode.
#>cdrecord: Future versions of ........
#--------------- END of cut & paste----------------------------
In the above lines"#>" marks output on my system. I use this to make a
backup of/user/dta to CD. It does not use any compression. In Your
case/user/dta should be mounted to the ntfs partition.
Much easier is using a DVD-RAM. You may copy the files with cp! This
medium has been developed for backups, but not all drives support it.
> to stream the data so that one wouldn't need 700 MB somewhere to store
> an iso image? Perhaps one can write a track at a time? I am assuming
> an NTFS file system on the hard drive.
>
> Suggestions welcomed.
Hope that helps!
Greetings
Achim
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