Virus Rescue Disk

[Richard Hubbard]

I don't know all the details, but knoppix
http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
may have the software you're looking for. 

--- John Seth <johnseth at phoenixwing.com> wrote:
> That'll work fine for mounting the HD, but he also
> want's an anti-virus
> program either resident, or accessible once booted. 
> Neither RH nor
> Slackware have that built onto their boot disks. 
> I'm not a mandrake fan,
> so I can't speak for that, though I doubt it for the
> fact that I haven't
> heard of a distro that had their rescue disk w/
> anti-virus.  Only tools
> for access and fixing other linux partitions, not
> FAT/FAT32... When
> there's a boot disk with FAT/FAT32 and NTFS
> read/write access, I
> personally will be interested as well.
> 
>   - Tony
> 
> --
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> 
> On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, shipdadip wrote:
> 
> > a slackware CD?
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Cyber Source" <peter at thecybersource.com>
> > To: <nflug at nflug.org>
> > Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 4:01 PM
> > Subject: Re: Virus Rescue Disk
> >
> >
> > > Wouldn't any of the current install disks work
> (i.e. from RedHat and
> > > Mandrake) that can be run in rescue mode. You
> can then simulate mounting
> > > your system by "chroot /mnt/sysimage" for
> example with RedHat, then
> > > mount the cd an run it?
> > > On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 15:34, Justin Bennett
> wrote:
> > > > anybody got some instructions on how to make a
> bootable CDrom that boots
> > > > into a linux shell environment. This is what
> I'm looking to do. Burn a
> > CD
> > > > that boots a generic x86 kernel, boots into a
> shell and has Macafee for
> > > > linux on it so I can mount a disk and scan it.
> One of those small
> > > > distributions is prob fine, just need to be
> able to add macafee and put
> > it
> > > > on a cd. I've got a buddy whose father in law
> has a 98 Pc thats got
> > > > viruses on it. I want to make a CD he can take
> over there, boot up,
> > mount
> > > > the disk and scan it.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > -------------------------------------------
> > > > Justin Bennett
> > > > Red Hat (Linux) Certified Engineer
> > > > Network Administrator
> > > > Dynabrade Inc.
> > > > 8989 Sheridan Dr
> > > > Clarence, NY 14031
> > > > 716-631-0100 ext 215
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> 


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