Suggestions for a Linux LiveCD which is command-line only?

[Ty Unes]

Leo Mauler wrote:
> I had a motherboard die on me recently.  I had a spare
> machine with no OS and a spare hard drive, so I booted
> up KNOPPIX on the spare machine and set up the system
> to copy files off the dead computer's hard drives onto
> the backup hard drive.
>
> After about 24 hours only 15GB had copied between the
> two hard drives, with 30GB to go.  I assume that
> KNOPPIX's heavy memory use was slowing down the file
> transfer, and I think I need a CLI-only LiveCD.
>
> The most commonly used tools I need for such a LiveCD
> are network capability (including DHCP client), Samba
> support for mounting Samba shares on other machines,
> and "mc" to make copying functions easier, such as for
> Windows filenames with lots of spaces.  If anyone
> knows of such a LiveCD, please let me know.
>
>
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Puppy Linux works great for this type of work. ~100MB download, easy 
memory footprint, easy GUI (JWM) and all the goodies you need for 
network, Samba, and the like. Try:

http://www.puppylinux.org

Good Luck!

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Ty Unes - UNIX / Linux Administrator
Point b Computer Services
Email: riverty at kc.rr.com