Mount a Partition from inside a Disk Image

You need sfdisk and losetup. sfdisk -l -uS disk_image.raw # look for the start sector of the partition, e.g. 2 mount -o loop,offset=$((2 * 5...Read more »

Rescue Important Data with ddrescue

ddrecue is better than dd, dd_rescue or dd_rhelp if you want to (try to) backup what's possible from a broken (hard or compact) disc. I...Read more »

How to Remove Grub from your Boot Sector(MBR) but keep the Partition Table

It's one really easy command, if you know what it is ;) sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/XXX bs=446 count=1 That helps you to remove any bo...Read more »

How To Add Knoppix to your USB Stick

If you've got a large USB stick, there's a high chance you will have some space left for installing a current Knoppix on it . That w...Read more »

Backup Partitions to a Bootable Partimage DVD

Looking for exactly that I found a nice quick little howto, which is written for Windows, but only uses Linux tools: http://ping.windowsdrea...Read more »

Recordable CDs and DVDs Tested

The German "Stiftung Warentest" tested various kinds of recordable CDs and DVDs. The results show that TDK is a recommendable bran...Read more »