Linux to the rescue, was Re: salvaging laptop files

[Stephen Clower]

Hi folks,
  Just a quick update to let you all know that I was successful in locating a means by which to salvage the valuable documents from my laptop's hard drive. All I can say is, anyone who doesn't have a copy of SystemRescuecd should go get one now. Unlike every other boot medium I tried, it detected my network card and configured it automatically. Mounting my desktop's FTP server was also very easy, and within minutes of getting the CD to speak, I was transfering my files to the desktop. Yet again, Linux has saved the day.

Regards
Steve



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On 8/25/2004 at 4:36 PM Tim Chase wrote:

>You may be able to use any number of the rescue discs that are 
>out there.  Tom's Root Boot disk fits a number of handy utilities 
>on a single floppy--fast to download, and easy to use.  However, 
>I'm not sure the support it may have for any accessible 
>technologies.  It may, at a minimum, allow you to use a serial 
>console to your other PC over a null-modem cable.  You can find it at
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>http://www.toms.net/rb/
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>Alternatively, for a beefier download (hoping you've got 
>broadband, 'cuz downloading ISO images over dialup is no fun) you 
>could snag Knoppix, Oralux, or one of its kin.  This would allow 
>you to have access to samba, NFS, as well as Apache and perhaps 
>even an FTP daemon, which could be configured to share the stuff 
>on your drive that's going ka-put.  Likewise, if they're on the 
>same network (which it sounds like they are, as you want to use 
>Samba to shovel the files across) you can telnet/ssh from your 
>Windows box to the freshly booted Knoppix/Oralux/whatever box and 
>access & configure it remotely.
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>I'm not sure if Tom's Root Boot disk allows you to pass in kernel 
>parameters at boot time, but the magic parameters would be the usual
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>lilo:  linux console=tty0 console=ttyS0,9600n8
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>(perhaps adjusted for GRUB if you use that instead)
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>I hope this gets you on the road to recovery!
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>-tim
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