Testing a computer for Linux??”Instead of getting halfway through an install to see if
your PC is capable of running Linux, you can boot KNOPPIX. If it works, you can check
to see what drivers were loaded to deal with your hardware (type lsmod from a shell) and
then go ahead and install any Linux you like to the hard disk.
Rescuing a computer or network??”Many tools for tracking down and fixing problems
on both Linux and Windows systems are included in KNOPPIX. There is also a Knoppix-
STD edition that includes dozens more tools for rescuing broken systems and tracing network
problems (see www.knoppix-std.org).
Taking over a broken server??”If a Web server, file server, or firewall has been cracked
or otherwise broken, you might be able to use KNOPPIX to safely serve the data from a
KNOPPIX boot disk while you fix the problem.
Doing anything you want??”For those of us who have gotten used to using Linux, it??™s a
pain to go somewhere and have to do work or make a presentation on a computer that
doesn??™t have the tools you need. By bringing the whole operating system, all your software
tools and sometimes even your data (with a customized CD, separate floppy disk, pen drive,
or downloaded files), your computing environment can be the same wherever you go.
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