True Stories of Knoppix Rescues

Posted by dave on Dec 3, 2004 11:17 AM EDT
LinuxDevCenter.com; By Kyle Rankin
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As a sysadmin, I wear many hats. Some days I'm the janitor--I clean up discarded files on the file server and clear spam from the mail server. Other days I'm the maintenance man--I make sure all the servers are running smoothly and that any holes have been patched. Some days I'm the architect--I plan, organize, and design systems to suit our needs. Some of my favorite days, however, are the days I put on my rescue hat. When a machine is in trouble, the whistle sounds, I grab my rescue gear, and I run down the beach with my life preserver. OK, well, I made that last part up; I'm not David Hasselhoff and this isn't Baywatch, but when it comes to system recovery, I choose the other thing Germans love--Knoppix.

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My Knoppix recovery was much simpler peragrin 2 2,021 Dec 7, 2004 9:02 AM

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