From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MbIlr-0008QI-JM for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:41:59 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9F009E04E5; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:41:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ew0-f210.google.com (mail-ew0-f210.google.com [209.85.219.210]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 636E0E04E5 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:41:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy6 with SMTP id 6so253294ewy.34 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:41:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=nJ3exjXT9X8vs+GGci9alh91dxRovMafbBCuVbvBoCo=; b=o4RLoH1yANdHVAFjqYqQ7D051QFn6m5KXbS00+XYdBumIvPwqX8tzNeGvFaY8TnLNK /MNdn5CyIdkNZvxhI2kZtCVD80VtEialnQXERD9q1/1urGMM7EZFVDWeELirlmJ/qP4Z dlQuWg5+jnTAE2l5YJqO/R3Q/s/mgf3fACvXY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=WDTfhLsHpyIFuHKCQyi0r9+bWnRkEd7HrzCUignR9R34nNDugeKxjT109RwsJsgh2u /KUw7aCaHfymps8/urOYzcJXpuzhaobhSvWkFDdjKtNThe1h+Kc+KS+O6GR86TrL0iPe oj5u2afJJdyrGpo7AizFq4PxgEJNTyTMl7ERo= Received: by 10.211.179.6 with SMTP id g6mr520101ebp.65.1250102516246; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:41:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from energy.localnet (energy.heim10.tu-clausthal.de [139.174.197.94]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 28sm508516eye.44.2009.08.12.11.41.55 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:41:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Volker Armin Hemmann To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Knock on wood Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:41:52 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.0 (Linux/2.6.30.4r4; KDE/4.3.0; x86_64; ; ) References: <7bef1f890908112213r5a7e08a4k7703ca14a9d9bcfb@mail.gmail.com> <200908121451.53044.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200908122041.52095.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 6c87be1a-5b90-4764-b876-17dca74d4f53 X-Archives-Hash: 3d311ee2aaeb6ab0a379a4f8b37705a2 On Mittwoch 12 August 2009, Ward Poelmans wrote: > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 14:51, Volker Armin > > Hemmann wrote: > > systemrescuecd is even more helpfull > > Yes, but a ubuntu (or any distro) on an usb drive is more usefull > IMHO. An usb drive is smaller and less fragile then a cd so it's a > better choice when you are very mobile. It also has the advantage of > having a writeable home directory. You can easily add or remove > programs, download drivers (on another pc if nessecary). You can even > use FAT so you can add files on a windows machine. > > I always have an usb drive with Ubuntu with me for when my or any > other pc fails. With it, you can preform miracles ;-) > > Ward you can put systemrescuecd on an usb stick. There is an easy howto. Short version: just use the script. Long version: mount the iso and copy the stuff. Edit a file. You are done. Really, systemrescuecd is the best choice. It is based on gentoo, it is small, so there is a lot of room for other stuff, it has support for a wide range of filesystems and all the apps you need. Even working X and firefox.