Knoppix [was Re: looking to buy 2 linux workstations ]

[pll at lanminds.com]

In a message dated: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 13:34:59 EDT
Jon maddog Hall said:

>I usually take along the latest hardware compatibility list and/or a copy
>of Knoppix to boot on the suspect system.

And speaking of Knoppix, after Rob's demo of this a few weeks ago in 
Nashua, I burned myself a copy and recently had to use it to recover 
data off of my wife's laptop which recently died.

At first, I used it to get as much data off the old hd as possible, 
then, after she re-installed W2K, which for some reasons doesn't come 
with all the appropriate drivers on the install disk, I used it copy 
the video and network drivers, and all her old data across the 
network onto the laptop.

Hmm, funny, Knoppix had all the correct drivers for her laptop, but 
Windows didn't :)
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