[nflug] Live CD help

[Joe]

Joe wrote:
> Sam Stern wrote:
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nflug-bounces at nflug.org [mailto:nflug-bounces at nflug.org]
>>> On Behalf Of Joe
>>> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 04:42 PM
>>> To: root at samstern.net; nflug at nflug.org
>>> Subject: Re: [nflug] Live CD help
>>>
>>> Sam Stern wrote:
>>>    
>>>> Hi Joe,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>      
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: nflug-bounces at nflug.org [mailto:nflug-bounces at nflug.org]
>>>>> On Behalf Of Joe
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 12:05 PM
>>>>> To: NFLUG
>>>>> Subject: [nflug] Live CD help
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>> <snip>
>>  
>>>>       
>>> Thanks.  I'm running the dd now.  I omitted the -9 to give my
>>> tired old
>>> processor a break. The usb drive is way big.
>>>
>>> Do you know how to tell the Knoppix Live CD to skip the gui and just
>>> give me 800x600 (vga) and the command prompt?  Somehow I broke
>>> it during
>>> boot up and got there, but I'd like to do it more easily next time.
>>> Without mouse support, the gui is almost worthless.
>>>
>>> As for your other options, I don't know enough to make my own Live CD,
>>> so I can't use optional programs.  On my other machine - my dual-boot
>>> desktop, I use partimage to back up the windoze side and it
>>> works great.
>>>
>>>
>>>     
>>
>>
>> Hi Joe,
>>
>> Start knoppix like this:
>>
>>
>>  knoppix 2
>>
>> ^^ this just starts a text mode session. You might want to try this 
>> first.
>>
>>  knoppix 2 fb800x600
>>
>> ^^ this gives you a color screen but it can cause a display problem 
>> (like
>> not seeing all the display).
>>
>> That should fix you up (it's my favorite command for knoppix!)
>>
>> If you ever need help with knoppix options, when knoppix first boots 
>> press
>> the "F2" and "F3" keys at boot time. This will provide you with a nice
>> summery of the various options available.
>>
>> I should note that there is a partimage bootable cd. Your can find it 
>> at:
>>
>> <http://www.sysresccd.org/>
>>
>>
>> IF that cd works for you, it might be a better option as you can then 
>> keep
>> all your images in the same format ;>
>>
>> Good Luck!
>>
>> Sam S.
>>
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> Totally cool.  When I get my DSL working, I'll be able to download it.
> I used F2 & F3 and came up with
> dsl vga=normal 2
> That works great.
> BTW, my first attempt bombed (after a bunch of hours) when the backup 
> file exceeded 2GB on the FAT32 partition.
> Since I seem to remember something about that being a design 
> limitation (and because I didn't have time to figure out how to split 
> the file on the fly), I redid the usb drive as one big ext3 partition 
> and started it up again.  It's still running after about 7 hours - 
> very old, very slow, usb 1.1 notebook.  But, if it's running this 
> long, there's a good chance it will successfully complete.
>
> Do you know how to apply split or some other filter that would allow 
> me to use a FAT32 partition in the future?  I'm somewhat competent in 
> bash, so if you tell me how to do it, I can figure out the rest.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Joe
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D'oh!  Partimage will split the files nicely.  I'm still waking up!

Thanks.

Joe
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