Thanks, but I don't want to "troubleshoot" so I don't need the newbie
tutorial.  The actual error messages were lacking because I am not
interested tracking down the cause.  I just wanted to know if what I am
experiencing was normal or if the thing is supposed to boot up without a
problem.  I also wanted to know if my external firewire imaging goal was
"doable" without too much trouble.  I am still not sure of the answer.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Jeremy
> C. Reed
> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 7:28 PM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: RE: linux forensics and recovery
>
>
> On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, eric. wrote:
>
> > I am downloading the ISO's and burning them myself with Roxio EZ CD 5.
> > Knoppix boots, but with all kinds of errors, culminating in
> roughly "unable
> > to mount vfs; kernel panic."
>
> Not enough information. What are the actual messages?
>
> It may be a hardware issue. You may want to consider asking the knoppix
> developers/users list. Be sure to properly explain the steps you did and
> the complete error messages. See
> http://www.reedmedia.net/misc/mail/using-mailing-list.html
>
> I often use recovery CDs. I built my own using NetBSD/i386 1.5.x and
> NetBSD/i386 1.6. (They do have ext2fs utilities.) Usually the 1.5.x works
> on all systems, but some random hardware it doesn't work with either.
>
> Have a look at dmoz.org. I think it has a category for Linux
> recovery/rescue disks. (Or use google to search for the list.)
>
>    Jeremy C. Reed
>    http://bsd.reedmedia.net/
>
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