Does Knoppix support file transfers through a network? L00k&

[Officer_Dufus]

Hi! I am a new user. I am having some problems with a computer.....so I was told to use Knoppix. The issue is that I cannot get to a desktop of a computer and the only alternative to fixing is reisntalling Windows.

Again, I was told to use Knoppix (I just downloaded version 3.7 and put the Image on a CD) so I could get to the desktop of this PC and access the files.

I know Knoppix allows for Internet access, but does Knoppix allow for sending files over a network to another computer that is on the same router?

There are some important files on this computer that cannot be lost. Although I wasn't planning on doing a drive format to install Windows XP again I wanted to be safer and backup these files on another computer.

The only way I could do it would be over the network since I don't have any USB drives.......and I really can't take out the harddrive and attach it to the laptop because a laptop isn't made the same as a desktop (in terms of the "guts")

So please let me know. If for some reason Knoppix does not allow for file transfers through a network, is there some other alternative to back up these files?

Lastly, I just thought of this alternative, does Knoppix have it's own CD burner? I suppose I could burn the files onto multiple CD's for backups if I couldn't use the network to transfer the files.......

Thank you and have a great week!

[Markus]

Knoppix allows file transfers just fine, for rescuing files have a look here: http://www.shockfamily.net/cedric/knoppix/

You can burn CD's with k3b somewhere under the K-menu but you need two cd-drives (one for knoppix and one for burning) or 1 GB RAM to use the "toram" cheatcode.

[Harry Kuhman]

Hi! I am a new user. I am having some problems with a computer.....so I was told to use Knoppix. The issue is that I cannot get to a desktop of a computer and the only alternative to fixing is reisntalling Windows.

HI. Not sure what you mean by "get to a desktop". Can you boot Knoppix OK? If you are expecting to see the same "desktop" that you see with Windows, no, you are not going to see that. But you can move around the directory structure and find the desktop folder (or the multiple desktop folders that make up an Xp desktop).

Again, I was told to use Knoppix (I just downloaded version 3.7 and put the Image on a CD) so I could get to the desktop of this PC and access the files.

I hope you understand how to burn an iso file properly. If not it is discussed in many other threads inthis forum. For now I'll assume that Knoppix is booting for you.

I know Knoppix allows for Internet access, but does Knoppix allow for sending files over a network to another computer that is on the same router?

Absolutely. There are many ways to do this. One is to boot Knoppix, start the Smaba Server (Samba Network Neighboorhood), and just transfer the files to a windows system where you have creater a directory(folder) with full read/write access.

There are some important files on this computer that cannot be lost. Although I wasn't planning on doing a drive format to install Windows XP again I wanted to be safer and backup these files on another computer.

Actually, if they were important you would have backups of them. But that's a different issue. If they are still out there and the partition is OK, Knoppix should be able to help you rescue them. There are other ways to recover them if the partition is corrupt or deleted, also discussed in other posts in this forum. It might help too if we knew what happened on this system. Why can you not read the files with Windows? (It's not Knoppix's fault if it can't recover the files if the drive no longer spins, for example.)

The only way I could do it would be over the network since I don't have any USB drives.......and I really can't take out the harddrive and attach it to the laptop because a laptop isn't made the same as a desktop (in terms of the "guts")

Again, the networking support is there.

So please let me know. If for some reason Knoppix does not allow for file transfers through a network, is there some other alternative to back up these files?

It does, but there are other alternatives. In addition to USB drives (and floppies) you could transfer the data to some place on the Internet (such as yousendit.com) and pick it up anywhere else. You mightt be able to burn a CD or DVD. I guess you could print it out on paper and OCR it back in. But local networking is likely your best bet.

Lastly, I just thought of this alternative, does Knoppix have it's own CD burner? I suppose I could burn the files onto multiple CD's for backups if I couldn't use the network to transfer the files.......

Yea, knoppix has CD burning software. But unless you have multiple drives or a gig or more of memory, then you'll need to leave the CD in the drive while running Knoppix, so that might not work for you. But there are other Live Linux CD's such as Damn Small Linux that are small enough (50 meg) to load to RAM, or even burn to CD and leave the bullk of the CD available to write files to as a second session (and yes, Damn Small Linux has a burning program in it too).

[Officer_Dufus]

Hi there. Remember, this isn't my computer that has the problem. My own personal computer has a gig of ram....but my dad's computer (the one I will be working on) does not. He does have 2 drives though, so that would work out perfectly for burning a CD with the files. But since you tell me it does have a networking option, I'd much rather transfer files to another computer over the network because it would be much nicer.

I burned the image onto a CD properly. I am not expecting to see the Windows desktop come on, but right now I cannot even access the Windows Desktop. That is why I am going to use Knoppix, so I can access the files. I know what Knoppix looks like because I have seen screenshots. I have not used it in the past though.

Also, I haven't tried using Knoppix to fix my dad's desktop problem, but as soon as I get a chance to I will let you know the result.

Thank you for your quick replies and all of the information provided!

[Officer_Dufus]

Hello! I just tried Knoppix 3.7 on my own computer. Works correctly. I'll let you know what happens when I use it on my dad's computer, though.

Ok, you told me NETWORKING can be accomplished through the SAMBA NETWORK NEIGHBORGOOD. Where can this be found in Knoppix?

Also, where can the CD-Burning Software in Knoppix be found?

Those are my final questions, since you answered the rest Thanks! :P

[Rumo]

The easiest way is to use konqueror. Just type 'smb://' in the adress-bar of the browser (or 'smb://computername' if you know already the computer you'd like to connect to).

This will of course only work if samba is running (which probably is the case).

[Officer_Dufus]

How can you start the Samba networking, or tell if it is already running?

Also, again, if anyone knows where to start the CD burnner in Knoppix, pleae reply

[Harry Kuhman]

Hi there. Remember, this isn't my computer that has the problem. My own personal computer has a gig of ram....but my dad's computer (the one I will be working on) does not. ...

Remember? This was your first post, at least under this name, and you never mentioned this. It does not matter or affect anything though.

Ok, you told me NETWORKING can be accomplished through the SAMBA NETWORK NEIGHBORGOOD. Where can this be found in Knoppix?

It's all right in the menu. In this case click the K on the bottom left of the screen then Knoppix-> Utilities'>Samba Network Neighborhood.

Also, where can the CD-Burning Software in Knoppix be found?

Again, no need to prove your nickname, just use the menu: Multimedia->b3 (CD and DVD burning) is one choice.

[Harry Kuhman]

The easiest way is to use konqueror. Just type 'smb://' in the adress-bar of the browser (or 'smb://computername' if you know already the computer you'd like to connect to).

This will of course only work if samba is running (which probably is the case).

I just tried this. smb:// does not work for me from a fresh boot of Knoppix 3.7 (and using the default 2.4 kernel) from CD. It just seems to get discarded. But smb://ValidComputerName does seem to work.

[Officer_Dufus]

Ok thanks.

I don't have Knoppix open in front of me so I didn't look that long....had other things to do.

I use Windows on my PC's so would have no need to go into Knoppix on a working computer.