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Knoppix Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips and Tools |
Author: Kyle Rankin
Published: 2004-10-25 |
List price: $29.95
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 Great tips for the beginner, great reference
Starting as a complete Linux novice, I've used this version of the book and CD to:
- Run Knoppix/Linux as a standalone Operating System
- Connect to the internet w/o a hard-drive installed OS
- Create a dual boot windows/Linux-Debian machine
- Update Debian hard drive using apt-get tool
- Rescue/clone multiple windows hard drives using 'dd'
- Recover crashed windows NTFS drives using 'dd_rescue' and 'dd_rhelp'
- Clone Linux (knoppmyth) hard drives using 'dd'
The book does not tell you much about Linux file systems and how to move files, copy files, extract/create TAR files etc. Recommend Debian Linux Bible to get oriented with Linux commands from the terminal/console.
Non Fiction
Firstly, Knoppix is very cool, and this takes the usefulness and niftyness of that live distribution on a disc and throws a bunch of ideas at you that you can consider using it for.
Some are of the fun stunt variety, but that is what you want in a book like this.
 a useful reference
I bought this book to give me a quick boost on Linux and Knoppix as a whole. As with a number of these "Hack" books there is usually a good pearl or Hack to make the book worth while.
This book certainly does that and for someone who need quick tips this book certainly helps. I would consider this a key book for any sys admin's tool kit as it is very useful in support MS OS systems.
FINALLY, Answers to all my Knoppix/Linux questions
First, I have been trying to accomplish several things in the Linux environment that I knew could be made much easier:
- Make "kiosks" for a trade show environment
- Loading Knoppix on the hard drive
- Set up an all Thin Client network for use in public library or k-12 environments
I did all of those things (And many more) the same day I got my Knoppix Hacks book.
Knoppix has proven itself to be an excellent vehicle for promoting the "Usability" of Linux to those who still feel it is beyond the grasp of non-geeks.
The Knoppix Hacks book has proven that advanced knoppix functions are not beyond the geek.
I highly recommend this book to anyone exploring the Linux world and specifically the Knoppix distro. I still have more hacks to try, so I'll be back in a bit ;-)
Robert K. Ruby II
Founder NWSIG
www.aprinciple.org
groups.yahoo.com/group/aprinciple
Great book for data recovery and fixing MBR
I work in data recovery and this book has some great tips. It shows you how recover files from a bad disk. This book also teaches you how to repair the MBR which saved me from reinstalling Windows. Well worth the price.
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