[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux to the rescue - again

Greg Edwards greg at nas-inet.com
Thu Jun 10 09:45:00 CDT 2010


Fred James wrote:

> IMHO - boot from a Live CD (your choice of distro), mount the USB drive, 
> and the Windows filesystem, copy to USB drive.  Does that help?
> Regards
> Fred James
> 

I don't have a Live CD and I'm trying not to make any more work than 
windows has already forced on me.  I've already spent 4 hours trying to 
convince windows that it's ok to run.  It won't even keep the USB device 
active.  The installer CD uses the USB mouse, but the HD installation 
shuts it down during boot.  Then this "I won't run unless you go on the 
Internet and activate me" crap.  So what happens when windows won't run 
the ethernet device?

Sorry - RANT mode off

The Mandriva install CD should give me what I need.  The install CD 
rescue mode is less flexible than a Live CD but, as long as I have a 
command line, "mount", "find", and "cpio" I'm good to go.  I haven't 
used the rescue mode to mount a windows drive before, so there is an 
unknown here.

--
Greg Edwards



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