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Re: Need a Live CD that can access NTFS hard drives -- SOLUTION!
de Mark Warner 04/12/2006 10:50
Anonymous wrote:
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>> Was the SimplyMEPIS you tried the Ubuntu Dapper based alpha I posted
>> the link to? Since it's derived from Ubuntu, and you said that
>> Ubuntu had at least booted, I figured it would work. Then again, I
>> don't claim to know much.
>
> Yeah. I went to the link and downloaded:
> SimplyMEPIS_3.4-3.iso 09-Feb-2006 22:37 698M
Actually, that's not the Ubuntu Dapper based alpha; the alpha has
"alpha" in the file name. Not a big deal, but since you said the Ubuntu
live CD did at least boot, I thought the Ubuntu based alpha would be a
good candidate to try. SimplyMEPIS is renowned for its automounting and
autoconfiguring, so I thought it might give you what you were looking
for.
>> I've not seen where you've described your hardware. Would you mind?
>> I'm just curious what it is that the other distros have such
>> difficulty with.
>
> Sure! Let me fire up WinAudit and get the data for you:
>
>
> BIOS Version Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG Phoenix-Award BIOS v6.00PG
> Number Processors 1
> Processor Description AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1800+, 1529MHz
> Total Memory (RAM) 639MB
>
> Display 1024 x 768 pixels, true colour
> Device Type Display adapters
> Description PowerVR KYRO II 32MB/64MB
> Manufacturer ST Microelectronics
> Location PCI bus 1, device 0, function 0
> Driver Provider Imagination Technologies
> Driver Version 1.4.14.28
> Driver Date 12-14-2001
>
> Hard Drive Western Digital
> Driver Version 5.0.2183.1
> Driver Date 11-14-1999
> Status Code 0
Hell, I dunno. I still don't claim to know much. I thought if you had
something odd or exotic, that might have a bearing on it. Your
description of all the various distros failing made me think graphics at
the time. Who knows. <shrug>
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Mark Warner
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