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 9561D1389D4 for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:01:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 80D6921C01B; Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:01:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from atl4mhob05.myregisteredsite.com (atl4mhob05.myregisteredsite.com [209.17.115.43]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F33D721C003 for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:01:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from webmail112 (mail.networksolutionsemail.com [205.178.146.50]) by atl4mhob05.myregisteredsite.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r1CJ1JB8019797; Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:01:19 -0500 Received: from 190.191.216.195 (msondow@iciiu.org [190.191.216.195]) by webmail112 (Netsol 11.2.30) with WEBMAIL id 19039; Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:01:19 +0000 From: "Michael Sondow" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Cc: michaelkintzios@gmail.com 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: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:01:19 +0000 Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: 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_W9498726411_19039_1360695679" X-Archives-Salt: b649bdca-d1ce-47ca-8924-7e1cd777be6e X-Archives-Hash: 0978afcd52538a51738a905bf438835e ----=_vm_0011_W9498726411_19039_1360695679 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Mick. Thanks for replying. You wrote: > Check and remove the updates file that KRD creates on your WinXP filesy= stem. > After the scan is completed this is no longer needed and takes up space= . The KRD added a \Kaspersky Rescue Disk\ directory to C: on my hard drive = that contains 58 subdirectories with 188Mb in over 100 different files. C= an I delete the entire Kaspersky Rescue Disk directory after doingh a sca= n and rebooting into Windows?? If not, which subdirectories or files shou= ld I delete? > Yes, you can add any applications you see fit, but the LiveCD/USB image= will > grow as a result. There'd be no problem there, since I have around 3.5Gb free space on the = flash drive. However, I've noticed that KRD doesn't save anything. None o= f my bookmarks or configuration changes remain when I re-boot into the KR= D flash drive. Also, the /portage/ folders are empty and the com= mand is missing in BASH, and I believe these are necessary for adding app= lications (?). The only things I've been able to save are text and htm files, because KR= D puts them into folders outside the ISO and op sys folders. Also, I saw a scrolling line during the KRD flash drive boot that says so= mething like "liveusb is read-only". Maybe it's set up so that you can't = change or add anything? Any ideas on how I go about adding to the ISO, or to the op sys? For exam= ple, can I somehow change the "read only" status to rw? And would I have = to change any of the boot files, like grub.exe, ldlinux.sys, and syslinux= .cfg? What do you think about the idea of re-formatting the flash drive and re-= installing the Kaspersky rescueusb.iso using UNetbootin or another of the= live USB installation programs that allow you to add persistence? Would = that be a solution? Would KRD still function if I did that? > . . . but if you want to install it permanently on the hard disk, you w= ould be > better off doing a proper installation by following the Gentoo Guide. I think I'd rather keep WindowsXP on the hard drive and run a Linux distr= o like Gentoo from a USB flash drive. That has the advantage of keeping m= e operational if my hard drive becomes infected or otherwise unoperationa= l. (Every one of my previous laptops has gone kaput because of hard drive= failures.) Maybe I'm just making trouble for myself. Since these 4Gb flash drives ar= e now so cheap, perhaps the best thing to do is leave KRD the way it is a= nd use another flash drive for a fully-functioning Linux distro. It seems= a shame, though, not putting Gentoo on the KRD to better use. Thanks for the URL. Trouble is, it's for building a live disk with Linux,= and I've only got Windows on my hard drive. Anyway, I hope you can help with the queries above. Cheers! Mike P.S. I cc'd your email address because I'm reading the list from gmane, c= an't reply directly to posts, and wasn't sure my email to the list addres= s would get into the same thread. ----=_vm_0011_W9498726411_19039_1360695679 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Mick. Thanks for re= plying.

You wrote:

> Check and remove the updates file = that KRD creates on your WinXP filesystem.  
> After the scan = is completed this is no longer needed and takes up space.

The KRD = added a \Kaspersky Rescue Disk\ directory to C: on my hard drive that con= tains 58 subdirectories with 188Mb in over 100 different files. Can I del= ete the entire Kaspersky Rescue Disk directory after doingh a scan and re= booting into Windows?? If not, which subdirectories or files should I del= ete?

> Yes, you can add any applications you see fit, but the L= iveCD/USB image will
> grow as a result.

There'd be no prob= lem there, since I have around 3.5Gb free space on the flash drive. Howev= er, I've noticed that KRD doesn't save anything. None of my bookmarks or = configuration changes remain when I re-boot into the KRD flash drive. Als= o, the /portage/ folders are empty and the <emerge> command is miss= ing in BASH, and I believe these are necessary for adding applications (?= ).

The only things I've been able to save are text and htm files,= because KRD puts them into folders outside the ISO and op sys folders. <= br>
Also, I saw a scrolling line during the KRD flash drive boot that = says something like "liveusb is read-only". Maybe it's set up so that you= can't change or add anything?

Any ideas on how I go about adding = to the ISO, or to the op sys? For example, can I somehow change the "read= only" status to rw? And would I have to change any of the boot files, li= ke grub.exe, ldlinux.sys, and syslinux.cfg?

What do you think abou= t the idea of re-formatting the flash drive and re-installing the Kaspers= ky rescueusb.iso using UNetbootin or another of the live USB installation= programs that allow you to add persistence? Would that be a solution? Wo= uld KRD still function if I did that?

> . . . but if you want t= o install it permanently on the hard disk, you would be
> better o= ff doing a proper installation by following the Gentoo Guide.

I th= ink I'd rather keep WindowsXP on the hard drive and run a Linux distro li= ke Gentoo from a USB flash drive. That has the advantage of keeping me op= erational if my hard drive becomes infected or otherwise unoperational. (= Every one of my previous laptops has gone kaput because of hard drive fai= lures.)

Maybe I'm just making trouble for myself. Since these 4Gb = flash drives are now so cheap, perhaps the best thing to do is leave KRD = the way it is and use another flash drive for a fully-functioning Linux d= istro. It seems a shame, though, not putting Gentoo on the KRD to better = use.

Thanks for the URL. Trouble is, it's for building a live disk= with Linux, and I've only got Windows on my hard drive.

Anyway, I= hope you can help with the queries above.

Cheers!

Mike

P.S. I cc'd your email address because I'm re= ading the list from gmane, can't reply directly to posts, and wasn't sure= my email to the list address would get into the same thread.
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