Knoppix (& Knoppix STD) Linux Distros

Miscellaneous Ramblings....

Thursday, January 19. 2006

Knoppix (& Knoppix STD) Linux Distros

For awhile now, I have used Knoppix, a handy Linux Live CD Distro that not only allows you to try out Linux with out touching your underlying hard drive, but can also allow you to:
  1. scan your Windows Hard drive for viruses
  2. repair your MBR (Master Boot Record)
  3. resize partitions
  4. pull data off of your Windows hard drive (if you are having problems booting into Windows)
just to name a few (the O'Reilly book Knoppix Hacks has many more of these cool tools).

Thanks to my co-worker, I heard of another variant of Knoppix, the Knoppix STD, which is a Knoppix Live CD Security kit.

Update (2/03/06): An ExtremeTech article that has more detail about resizing Windows partitions using Knoppix.

Update (2/17/06): And yet another ExtremeTech article about using Knoppix, this time to fix Linux. :-)

Update (4/22/06): Another ExtremeTech article about changing Knoppix to fit your needs, i.e installing new packages, saving your changes (without rebuilding/remastering the Knoppix CD), etc.
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