Can AntiX be used as a rescue CD?

mizpa · posted: 2009-01-21 01:24

I downloaded AntiX 7.5 hoping that I could use it as a rescue CD for my Windows XP Pro, but I can't seem to make it useful to mount the hard drive as a live CD. Sorry, I'm not a geek or an expert in these matters. A friend told me that a Linux live cd would be able to be used for rescue so that's why I'm here. Is there a step-by-step tutorial on this site that will tell me how to do this?
Thanks, Mark

eriefisher · posted: 2009-01-21 01:54

You can mount your windows drive in antiX fairly easily. Assume sda1 in windows. Once booted into the live disc open the file manager, right click and create a folder, call it windows. Now open a terminal and.....

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su
<password>
mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /home/demo/windows

This will mount your windows drive in /home/demo/windows with read/write permissions. You will be able to copy off data if windows won't boot.

mizpa · posted: 2009-01-21 23:31

Thank You, I will give that a try. Mark

PS. I forgot to ask, if the above advice does work for me; in AntiX/Linux, how do I tell it to burn a copy of the files I copy? The cd-burner is the D drive.

eriefisher · posted: 2009-01-22 00:12

You can't if you only have one drive. You may need to use a usb stick or removable drive.

anticapitalista · posted: 2009-01-22 00:12

Do you have just one cd/dvd drive?
If so you could save the data to a usb stick/drive and then burn a cd.
The other way is to boot the livecd with a toram option. (At boot menu, just type toram)
Once booted, you should be able to release the cd and still use antiX as it will be running in RAM, and save you files to a cd/dvd.

mizpa · posted: 2009-01-22 01:01

Thank You, I will have to look around and see if I can find a USB drive I bought a year or two ago. It is a 2 Gigabyte drive, but I have never used it so I don't know where I put it.

Vipe · posted: 2009-01-25 08:52

mizpa wrote:Thank You, I will have to look around and see if I can find a USB drive I bought a year or two ago. It is a 2 Gigabyte drive, but I have never used it so I don't know where I put it.

I'd put it in a USB slot __{{emoticon}}__
Then use Antix Control Center to mount the device, see the hardware tab (as far as I remember). Then use Rox to navigate to /media/sdb1 or something similar.