[GTALUG] looking for a general purpose boot media to keep in case of distasters

[BCLUG]

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bitmap via talk wrote on 2023-09-20 10:02:

> Does this OpenSUSE image come with a broad range of tools? The debian, 
> ubuntu, manjaro and others I have lying around are just the very basics. 
> Am often missing something needed.

I seem to recall that Knoppix was a popular distro for repairing broken 
systems. This may be out-dated though.


Also, ventoy is a tool that allows multiple bootable distros on a single 
USB stick, and I think allows some persistent storage.

i.e. Use ventoy to install knoppix / whatever on a stick, boot the stick 
and install any missing tools, configure sshd, add scripts, etc., then 
next boot time everything ought to be available.


I haven't yet tried this myself, just giving my 2¢ on how I'd approach 
things.


rb