Re: [gentoo-user] Re: system rescue usb stick

[Coert Waagmeester <lgroups@waagmeester.co.za>]

On 05/22/2011 01:36 PM, Mick wrote:
> On Saturday 21 May 2011 23:17:30 walt wrote:
>> On 05/20/2011 04:22 AM, Coert Waagmeester wrote:
>>> On 05/19/2011 04:12 AM, Valmor de Almeida wrote:
>>>> Is SystemRescueCd still a good system rescue tool? The web site has not
>>>> been updated for over 1 year. Thanks for other suggestions.
>>>
>>> I use it for all my gentoo installations as well.
>>> Have even removed windows viruses from windows boxen with it.
>>
>> How did you repair a windows box with it?  I can't even begin to guess!
> 
> Mount it with ntfs-3g, scan it with clam after updating the virus signatures 
> (freshclam) and then remove or copy away infected files.

This is exactly what I did.

I cant live without systemrescueCD

The USB installer is also awesome.

> 
> Alternatively, it may be possible to dd the partition and pipe it to clam (not 
> sure if this will work with a whole partition instead of a file) using 
> something like:
> 
> dd if=/dev/sda1 | clamscan -
> 
> 
> Alternatively, you can use Knoppix and Fprot, bitdefender and clam.
> 
> Or, you can use the many LiveCDs and Live-USBs that Kaspersky, BitDefender, et 
> al are producing these days.