On Thu 10 Mar 2011 at 12:39:16 -0600, Jason Hsu wrote:
> pmount is included with Puppy Linux. Is this the reason I've found Puppy
> Linux to be the best at copying files from failing hard drives when other
> distros fell short on this task?
I would have thought not. From pmount(1):
pmount ("policy mount") is a wrapper around the standard mount program
which permits normal users to mount removable devices without a matching
/etc/fstab entry.