| Comparing three Linux system rescue CDs |
Jul. 05, 2005
Boot errors, hard drive failures, forgotten root passwords . . . Linux-based rescue CDs have myriad uses for repairing malfunctions and recovering otherwise inaccessible data. An article at NewsForge evaluates three system rescue CDs for "basic rescue features," including mounting partitions, disk management, network access, CD and DVD writing, and virus scanning.
Author Aditya Nag tested System Rescue CD, LNX-BBC, and CDlinux on a dual-boot AMD Athlon 2400+ with Windows XP Professional installed on a SATA drive and CentOS 4 Linux installed on a PATA drive.
Nag deemed LNX-BBC adequate but "dated". Its smaller cousin CDlinux, which, at 17MB, is less than half the size of LNX-BBC and roughly one sixth the size of System Rescue CD, is recommended as a good, quick choice for the sophisticated user.
Nag's champion is System Rescue CD, which he praised as "the best in terms of features and hardware support." Nag appreciated System Rescue CD's thorough documentation, menu-based boot options, Windows anti-virus tools, and also the fact that, unlike the others, it could mount his SATA drive. However, at a hefty 110MB, Nag warns that System Rescue CD may be unwieldy for dial-up users to download, especially during a computing emergency.
Read the particulars of Aditya Nag's review at NewsForge.com.
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