Leave the CDs in the Office

“There are few things more aggravating than going out to a
coworker’s office to work on their computer and finding that to fix
it you need a CD that is sitting in your office. If you have ever
experienced that, or would simply like to no longer need to tote
that book of CDs with you every day, then this article is for
you.

“Even though I work in an environment where the desktop is
dominated by Windows, there are several Linux-based tools that are
used on a regular basis. These include tools for blanking a Windows
password, destroying all the data on a hard drive, repartitioning a
hard drive, and testing memory. The nice thing is that all of these
tools natively boot via SYSLINUX (aka ISOLINUX), which means they
can also be booted via PXE over the network. All that is required
is a little time, a place on your network to store the files, and
some free software. Interested? Good, let’s make it happen.”

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