> I do have a SUSE machine but my Linux skills are very poor and I find it > very time consuming learning curve. You would not have virus/spyware problem or such like that if you were find the time to learn linux - so which one is more time consuming? :-) Tamas On 3/26/07, John Ferrell wrote: > > Please see the response to Dennis (above). > > I do have a SUSE machine but my Linux skills are very poor and I find it > very time consuming learning curve. > > John Ferrell W8CCW > "Life is easier if you learn to plow > around the stumps" > http://DixieNC.US > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jake Anderson" > To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." > Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 7:24 PM > Subject: Re: [OT]Security threat > > > > John Ferrell wrote: > >> Will it acess the NTFS hard drive? > >> > >> John Ferrell W8CCW > >> "Life is easier if you learn to plow > >> around the stumps" > >> http://DixieNC.US > > It will but i believe you have to do it manually. > > something like > > > http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Edgy#How_to_mount.2Funmount_Windows_partitions_.28NTFS.29_manually.2C_and_allow_all_users_to_read_only > > > > or this if you want it readwrite something along these lines > > http://www.arsgeek.com/?p=675 > > > > > > the short version is > > put livecd in > > let it do its thing > > go to system | administration | synaptic package manager > > go to settings | repositories > > tick the boxes to the left of main universe and multiverse > > ok your way out of the dialog it and it will download some stuff > > click search > > enter ntfs > > click the box next to ntfs-3g0 > > pick "mark for instillation" > > press apply > > press ok > > It will now go and get all the stuff you need to access NTFS drives > > > > now to mount it (this is read write so you can modify and delete files > > too, it might be an idea to take a disk image first "just in case" which > > you can do with an attached USB disk or over the network if your keen. > > an attached usb disk (hard drive that is) would go something like this > > but do not do it unless you are sure which drive is which otherwise you > > will erase/overwrite your hard drive > > sudo umount /media/usb0 (to turn off the auto mount and get direct > > access) > > sudo dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/sda bs=4096k > > the "to" drive should be bigger than the "from" drive. > > w00t free ghost ;-> > > for network ghosting you will need to mount a network share) > > > > go to applications accessories terminal > > type (keep in mind this is case sensitive) > > cd Desktop > > mkdir windowssux > > sudo mount /dev/hda1 windowssux -t vfat -o iocharset=utf8,umask=000 > > > > hda1 is dependant on the drive you are interested in being the first IDE > > drive in the computer and the information being in the first partition > > if this is not the case then you will need to change that > > if its the 2nd partition then it will be hda2 (IE if there is a recovery > > partition or some such) > > > > if its using SATA then it will probably be sda1 > > > > then on your desktop you should be able to open the windowssux folder > > and see the contents of the drive > > to copy to another server on the network go to places | home folder > > in the location bar enter smb:// > brackets> > > or if you stick a disk into a usb port that will show up on the desktop > > and you can copy that way (though for some reason it seems stupidly slow > > unless you turn some of the fancyness off) > > > > any problems let me know and we can hook up via some form of IM > > > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > > View/change your membership options at > > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- unPIC -- The PIC Disassembler http://unpic.sourceforge.net -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist