Using a linux kernel, an easy way?

joey1211

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Received the 'Real Digital Forensics' book for Xmas and have skimmed read it and am now working my way through the examples.

One chapter requires the downloading of a modified linux kernel from ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/ig/ccd/enhanced_loopback The instructions make no sense to me.

Problem is I have no idea how to get this up and running. Is it doable from a live-cd, or through virtualbox. I don't particulary want to install it over windows.
 
Virtualbox would be the way to go unless you really want to roll your own custom Live CD which is probably above your head at this point.

How old is the book you're using? The kernel you link to is almost 5 years old, centuries in Linux-years.

I suppose to use it properly you should choose a 2.4-based distro as your foundation. I think you can still get modern Slackware with a 2.4 kernel. Give that a whack.

Write back for questions.
 
Getting a FATAL: No bootable medium found! System Halted. error in VirtualBox.

Created a image from the uncompressed tarball file using ImgBurn. Have put this iso file in the CD/DVD-ROM option under the settings.
 
Are you trying to boot an image containing just the kernel to which you linked above? That's not enough. The system needs a lot more than the kernel just to boot! You need to start with a distribution like Slackware which I mentioned above. You can then add the special kernel to that and ask it to boot that rather than the usual one that came with the distro.

The kernel is not a self-contained operating system, it's just one of many vital components. This is true of just about every modern operating system.

It's like putting ntoskrnl.exe on a CD and wondering why it doesn't boot into Vista.
 
With being give a sideways promotion at work and zero energy when I get home it's unfortuanetly on the back-burner at the moment. Hoping to pick it up again soon though.

Did move onto another chapter about netcat though.
 
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