HI, > Is there a bootable utility that can be installed on a CD and rescue or back > up the data in the Linux ext2 partitions on my HDD and write them to a CD > using the CD writer on my system.
I think that any Linux live cd (DSL - Damn Small Linux, or Knoppix, for example) it's good to do the job. > The data in the ext 2 partitions is > small enough to fit onto a CD. I don't want to install a different Linux > version if I can't backup what's already there. Why not in a USB Flash Drive? > I also need a utility to determine why the floppy > won't boot, even though it reads and writes once the system is booted to > Windows. Again, with a linux live cd you could try to mount the floppy: # mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /media/floppy If i remember correctly, you need also to load "floppy" module. Maybe you also need to add this option: pnpbios=off to the kernel command line, during the boot. Once you have installed linux on hd, you can: - add "floppy" module on /etc/modules: in this way it will be loaded at every boot; - edit your /boot/grub/menu.lst and add at the end of "kernel" line the option pnpbios=off Anyway, dmesg is your friend. Hope this helps you Regards M -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
