From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CA2A13898F for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2013 08:09:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D56A221C04C; Mon, 11 Feb 2013 08:09:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from atl4mhob08.myregisteredsite.com (atl4mhob08.myregisteredsite.com [209.17.115.46]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55E3C21C005 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2013 08:09:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from webmail104 (mail.networksolutionsemail.com [205.178.146.50]) by atl4mhob08.myregisteredsite.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r1B89HMt029850 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2013 03:09:17 -0500 Received: from 190.191.216.195 (msondow@iciiu.org [190.191.216.195]) by webmail104 (Netsol 11.2.30) with WEBMAIL id 10036; Mon, 11 Feb 2013 08:09:17 +0000 From: "Michael Sondow" To: "gentoo list" Importance: Normal Sensitivity: Normal Message-ID: X-Mailer: Network Solutions Webmail, Build 11.2.30 X-Originating-IP: [190.191.216.195] X-Forwarded-For: [(null)] X-Authenticated-UID: msondow@iciiu.org Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 08:09:17 +0000 Subject: [gentoo-user] Kaspersky Rescue Disk 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: multipart/alternative; boundary="--=_vm_0011_W6796018115_10036_1360570157" X-Archives-Salt: eb2bcbf8-c307-4676-889a-86846eda7a8e X-Archives-Hash: 8fcc9d3d1161de250fce9e13b1d2fad4 ----=_vm_0011_W6796018115_10036_1360570157 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Gentoo users. I'm new to this list, and also new to Gentoo and to Linux in general. Des= pite that, I think my questions are reasonable ones. They have to do with= the Kaspersky Rescue Disk (KRD), which uses Gentoo, as you probably know= . I installed the KRD to a 4Gb USB flash drive, in order to have an antivir= us rescue disk if my computer (Asus eeepc 1000HA, Windows XP) won't boot,= or has some other problem that makes running one of my usual antivirus p= rograms impossible. KRD installed fine on the flash drive and runs just like it's supposed to= . No problem there. It even connected to my wireless network right off, w= hich sort of amazed me. I did a virus database update and a scan. Great! Being a curious person, though, I've been using the Gentoo apps provided = in KRD (Terminal, Dolphin, Konqueror) to look at Gentoo. I see that many = folders and operating system files are present. BASH works, although not = all the commands are available. What I'm wondering, and it's the reason for joining this list and for thi= s email, is: What, if anything, is lacking in KRD Gentoo to keep it from = functioning as a full-fledged Linux-like operating system? Would it be possible, for example, to download any essential files that m= ay be missing? Can application packages be added (a PDF reader, a media p= layer, etc.)? Can missing shell commands be activated or, if absent, be a= dded? I've been thinking of putting a Linux-type OS onto a USB flash drive anyw= ay, and Gentoo seems to work well (Kaspersky chose it for good reasons, I= assume). So maybe I can soup up the KRD and use it as my alternative OS.= Is that possible? Any help with this, even if it's just "You can't do it", will be much app= reciated. Cheers! Mike ----=_vm_0011_W6796018115_10036_1360570157 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Gentoo users.
I'm new to this list, and also new to Gentoo and to Linux in general. D= espite that, I think my questions are reasonable ones. They have to do wi= th the Kaspersky Rescue Disk (KRD), which uses Gentoo, as you probably kn= ow.

I installed the KRD to a 4Gb USB flash drive, in order to have= an antivirus rescue disk if my computer (Asus eeepc 1000HA, Windows XP) = won't boot, or has some other problem that makes running one of my usual = antivirus programs impossible.

KRD installed fine on the flash dri= ve and runs just like it's supposed to. No problem there. It even connect= ed to my wireless network right off, which sort of amazed me. I did a vir= us database update and a scan. Great!

Being a curious person, thou= gh, I've been using the Gentoo apps provided in KRD (Terminal, Dolphin, K= onqueror) to look at Gentoo. I see that many folders and operating system= files are present. BASH works, although not all the commands are availab= le.

What I'm wondering, and it's the reason for joining this list = and for this email, is: What, if anything, is lacking in KRD Gentoo to ke= ep it from functioning as a full-fledged Linux-like operating system?
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Would it be possible, for example, to download any essential files th= at may be missing? Can application packages be added (a PDF reader, a med= ia player, etc.)? Can missing shell commands be activated or, if absent, = be added?

I've been thinking of putting a Linux-type OS onto a USB= flash drive anyway, and Gentoo seems to work well (Kaspersky chose it fo= r good reasons, I assume). So maybe I can soup up the KRD and use it as m= y alternative OS. Is that possible?

Any help with this, even if it= 's just "You can't do it", will be much appreciated.

Cheers!
Mike


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