Knoppix
From Wikipedia:
Knoppix was one of the first Live CD Linux distributions to gain popularity.[7] There are several factors that contribute to the popularity of Knoppix:
- Knoppix was one of the first Live CDs available, and is known as the "original" Debian-based Live CD
- Its extensive hardware detection allows most systems to start Knoppix without any configuration
- Its ability to automatically connect to most kinds of networks[citation needed]
- Its utilities for system repair and troubleshooting
Used by Blue Light (Charles and Sam) as alternative to GRML.
.iso and related files available in rose:home/share/resources/iso-images/Knoppix/KNOPPIX_V7.2.0CD-2013-06-16-EN and can be downloaded via http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
Usage notes
Assuming Knoppix is being used for maintenance work on a standard Blue Light installation of Debian or Ubuntu, after Knoppix has booted and the lxde desktop appears:
- Start a terminal session.
- Become root (no password required):
su -
- Activate all the RAID arrays:
mdadm-startall
Reference: http://wiki.bluelightav.org/display/BLUE/RAID+with+MDADM#RAIDwithMDADM-Startthearraysatonce - Find and activate the volume groups:
vgscan
vgchange -ay
Reference: http://wiki.bluelightav.org/display/BLUE/LVM#LVM-ActivateLVMs - The file systems on the LVs will automatically be mounted under /media.
GRML
Used by Blue Light as an alternative to Crowbar.
Includes a version for i386 and amd64.
Iso available as rose:/home/share/resources/iso-images/other/grml96-full_2013.02.iso and can be downloaded from: http://grml.org/
Usage notes
At boot choose the version according to your CPU architecture
Activate all the RAID arrays
http://wiki.bluelightav.org/display/BLUE/RAID+with+MDADM#RAIDwithMDADM-Startthearraysatonce
Activate all the LVs
http://wiki.bluelightav.org/display/BLUE/LVM#LVM-ActivateLVMs
Crowbar
Former rescue system used by Blue Light and developed by the other Manu Not developed anymore and does not include some of the tools we need (LVM).