Software Request
I'm looking for some sort of software that does the following:
1) Provides a bootable environment on a x86 based computer
2) Provides network connectivity (Ethernet, DHCP, DNS, WINS, etc.)
3) Allows sharing of the local hard disk drive(s) over the network
So, basically, I want to be able to boot of a CD, plug in an Ethernet cable, and be able to access the computer's hard drive from another computer connected by a network. Anyone seen any software like this? Any linux builds that would accomplish this?
Thanks in advance.
1) Provides a bootable environment on a x86 based computer
2) Provides network connectivity (Ethernet, DHCP, DNS, WINS, etc.)
3) Allows sharing of the local hard disk drive(s) over the network
So, basically, I want to be able to boot of a CD, plug in an Ethernet cable, and be able to access the computer's hard drive from another computer connected by a network. Anyone seen any software like this? Any linux builds that would accomplish this?
Thanks in advance.
Comments
Why would someone need something like this?
Assuming the following:
1) The computer is in an unbootable state due to Operating System corruption, etc.
2) I cannot remove its hard drive for a direct transfer. Ex) a laptop hard drive or a SATA hard drive, both of which are not supported by my motherboard w/o an adapter.
If you took all 3 discs of DOS 6.2, slapped them onto CD, added the appropriate command lines for MSCDEX, managed to find an encompassing NIC driver (which you might not find), and managed to give DOS TCP/IP support, then it would be possible with an OS that's more than 10 years old. However, it would only really work with FAT16, and FAT32 partitions.
One of the Linux distributables should work. I' got a bootable SuSE disc kicking about here somewhere. That could do TCP/IP, give NIC compatibility, and would use RAM as storage, as well has your HDD. But then again, I never did get on well with Linux...
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If the OS is corrupted, and it's XP, boot from the CD, get to the recovery console, and type "fixmbr". That will fix the Master Boot Record on the drive, making it bootable again, then run "bootcfg /scan", which will verify that XP is all ok. Then run "chkdsk /p" which will check the drive for any errors. The above setps works in just about all XP corruption scenarios
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Just google it.
If you can't figure out how to set up the linux stuff (its pretty easy for BASIC things if you go through Gnome/KDE), google for PE Builder or something like that. It requires a WinXP Pro cd, but it can make a bootable copy of Windows that doesn't require hard drive writes (just like Knoppix, but its Windows). It's very limited though, and also very very slow.
Knoppix is much better for this task IMO. I guess the only reason not to use it would be if you need to write to NTFS partitions.
If you can't figure out how to set up the linux stuff (its pretty easy for BASIC things if you go through Gnome/KDE), google for PE Builder or something like that. It requires a WinXP Pro cd, but it can make a bootable copy of Windows that doesn't require hard drive writes (just like Knoppix, but its Windows). It's very limited though, and also very very slow.
Knoppix is much better for this task IMO. I guess the only reason not to use it would be if you need to write to NTFS partitions. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Doing it from the anaconda loader is teh funner, it's like downloading stuff from the internet with MS-Dos LOL D:
Knoppix is teh pwnermissle.
Great discription <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Slax is also a great Linux Live CD