I couldn’t get Xen to work on Fedora. I was following a quick start guide, but the computer failed to start with the Xen kernel.
I downloaded VMWare server and registered for a free license. During installation, it needed to compile a module; I didn’t have the compiler or kernel headers installed, so […]
I noticed recently that Fedora Core 5 includes Xen (or at least makes it easier to install). I hadn’t used my Debian installation for a while, so I decided to wipe it and install Fedora. After I found the network install (boot.iso) and struggled a little to figure out the full URL I […]
I continue to be impressed with the Windows tools in Helix, but have decided that it is really geared more toward criminal forensics than data recovery (it’s even got a chain of custody PDF).
I went back to DistroWatch.com and discovered a different category in the distribution search that appears more appropriate: Rescue. See my […]
Well, I’m not sure where I got the previous information, but Helix is based on Knoppix. What really surprised me, however, is its windows support. After burning the CD, I stuck it back into my computer running Win XP, and it launched an application that could be used to research (and hopefully fix) […]
I stumbled on Knoppix STD, and since I had used Knoppix (Linux that will run from CD), I was curious what the STD stood for. Don’t worry, it’s not contagious. It is a variation of Knoppix designed for security & forensics. I searched DistroWatch and discovered a few more distributions designed for […]
I never realized how many Linux distributions there were until I saw DistroWatch.com. Recently I found a Distribution Chooser — it only includes 14 distributions right now, but most of the top 10 are in there.
Ok, so I’ve had it installed for less than a day, and I’ve got very little actually installed on it, but I’ve noticed a few things:
Grub is very cool. Not something the average consumer would want to mess with, but a great geek tool for controlling startup.
I may not have noticed this if not […]
Well, Debian 3.1 (sarge) is up and running, with a dual boot to Windows XP Professional. This post is pretty long and detailed, so read more only if you want that kind of detail.
The Download
I started by downloading the Network Install CD Image and burning that to a CD. This quick download allows […]
The hard drive on my Dell died (which is a whole separate story that I had hoped to tell, but may never get around to it). For the past few weeks, I’ve been running Knoppix on that computer. I started using Knoppix in an attempt to recover some of the data from the […]