Q. I wish it to have all round functionality, possible under 250 megs?
A. Oooh, Okay.. Yes, but are we talking installed footprint of under 250 megs? because to give off a whiff of Ubuntu you need about 380 megs of installed space. That's the Ubuntu JEOS installed footprint, which has ALL of the capabilities of Ubuntu with none of them installed! No desktop, no pretty pictures to click on, just you and the shell. From there, an simple:
sudo apt-get install lxde turns it in to a pretty nice and very light Ubuntu based minimal desktop system.. That's about the faintest whiff of Ubuntu available.. installed FP of maybe 450 megs with the Desktop Environment.
Now.. If you aren;t married to Ubuntu, you have MANY options:
Puppy Linux: http://puppylinux.org
Feather Linux: http://featherlinux.berlios.de/
Damn SMall Linux (DSL): http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/
Antix: http://antix.mepis.org/index.php/Main_Page (Its not wikipedia, just looks like it)
TinyME Linux: http://tinymelinux.com/doku.php
SLAX popcorn: http://www.slax.org/
etc....
sudo apt-get install lxde turns it in to a pretty nice and very light Ubuntu based minimal desktop system.. That's about the faintest whiff of Ubuntu available.. installed FP of maybe 450 megs with the Desktop Environment.
Now.. If you aren;t married to Ubuntu, you have MANY options:
Puppy Linux: http://puppylinux.org
Feather Linux: http://featherlinux.berlios.de/
Damn SMall Linux (DSL): http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/
Antix: http://antix.mepis.org/index.php/Main_Page (Its not wikipedia, just looks like it)
TinyME Linux: http://tinymelinux.com/doku.php
SLAX popcorn: http://www.slax.org/
etc....
Is there an easy way to use linux live CDs inside a linux OS?
Q. SO basically i'm building up some what of a computer forensics workstation. I have a Ubuntu installed and most of my tools install on it as well. I'm looking for a way to actively use live CDs such as Clonezilla, Parted magic, PING, and maybe even Hirens BootCD. Basicly i would like to use the tools in these live CDs without having to boot to it.
A. The tools within these live CDS are all also available from the software center, so need to use the liveCDs to access these forensic tools.
If you wish to learn to use the live CDs as tools for forensics, then best is to practice on virtual machines eg by using virtual box. The programs within these live CDs do not generally exist in a form that is usable from another running OS, and certainly the configuration files libraries and dependencies will not usually match what you have on your own system.
If you wish to learn to use the live CDs as tools for forensics, then best is to practice on virtual machines eg by using virtual box. The programs within these live CDs do not generally exist in a form that is usable from another running OS, and certainly the configuration files libraries and dependencies will not usually match what you have on your own system.
If I boot my computer from a linux live cd, how can I access the computer hdd to recover data?
Q. My computer quit, but before I reset the system, I need to get pictures, documents, and other data from it. I can boot up with a Linux Live CD, but am having trouble accessing the HDD. Any Ideas?
A. I am assuming when you say "access the HDD" you mean the files created under Windows?
If so, you can still get to them: remove the CD and it will boot up in Windows; then put the files you need on a flash drive, CD or external HDD.
Then reinsert the linux CD, boot up linux, and retrieve the files from the flash drive, etc.
PS, if you're using ubuntu, some great sites for questions/support are:
- http://ubuntuforums.org/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/support
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If so, you can still get to them: remove the CD and it will boot up in Windows; then put the files you need on a flash drive, CD or external HDD.
Then reinsert the linux CD, boot up linux, and retrieve the files from the flash drive, etc.
PS, if you're using ubuntu, some great sites for questions/support are:
- http://ubuntuforums.org/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/support
-
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