AVIRA RESCUE CD

Date of registration:
Nov 1st 2009

Version: AntiVir Personal

Monday, November 2nd 2009, 10:30pm

hello everyone!
I burned the avira rescue cd and it was automatically launched at the startup. After I chose the first option "boot avira rescue cd" this pop up on the screen:

root@rescuesystem:/#

I have the possibility to write something there. I tried c: but it tells he cannot find it or something like that...

any help?? thanks....

avon

Community member

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Apr 15th 2008

Version: AntiVir Premium

Operating System: Vista Home Premium SP2 & Win XP Home XP SP3

Location: 7 Seas

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Monday, November 2nd 2009, 10:43pm

Please read the followings:

Quoted

How to use AntiVir Rescue System =
http://www.avira.com/en/support/kbdetails.php?id=267

[Rescue CD] Tutorial for Avira Rescue CD =
http://forum.avira.com/wbb/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=82163

avon.

This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "avon" (Nov 2nd 2009, 10:45pm)

walkingcat

Date of registration:
Nov 1st 2009

Version: AntiVir Personal

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Monday, November 2nd 2009, 11:20pm

Thanks for the reply. I read it and follow the instructions... but when I select 1 to start avira the screen remains black with this written:

root@rescuesystem:/#
press alt F7 to return to grafic user interface

It seems that it cannot load the interface... I tried to change the resolution of the video mode pressing 3 or 4 or 5 but nothing happened. Did someone else experienced same problem?

thanks for the support...

Nicolae Moldoveanu

Avira GmbH

Date of registration:
May 22nd 2006

Version: Avira Prem. Security Suite

Location: Bucharest

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Tuesday, November 3rd 2009, 9:47am

Hi,
In the command line you can type the following:
antivir --update
antivir --allfiles /media/Devices/hda1

Notes:
- the default keyboard layout is German
- you should replace hda1 with the appropriate path on your system

Nicolae Moldoveanu
Avira GmbH

walkingcat

Date of registration:
Nov 1st 2009

Version: AntiVir Personal

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Tuesday, November 3rd 2009, 10:26am

I will try it! But what do you mean for "appropriate path on my system" ?
Should I write the name of the HD in which the OS is installed? Something like:

antivir --allfiles /media/Devices/c

thanks

Michael_Mann

Moderator

Date of registration:
Oct 24th 2005

Version: Avira Prem. Security Suite

Operating System: AmigaOS 3.9, Ubuntu 9.10 & noch Windows XP Home (SP3)

Location: Deutschland

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Tuesday, November 3rd 2009, 10:43am

Hi,

Linux don't know the drive letters from windows. It uses other names for the drives resp. partitions.
The first HD, first parition is in windows called c, in Linux sda1, the 2nd partition is in windows called d, in linux sda2 and so on.
A 2nd HD has under Linux sdb + number.

The dives and their partitions are found in Linux in a special folder here: media....

So you must put in the path and name of the resp. partition in the console like described.

Michael

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walkingcat

Date of registration:
Nov 1st 2009

Version: AntiVir Personal

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Tuesday, November 3rd 2009, 2:03pm

ok so... if I have one HD and two partitions, to scan both of them I have to type

antivir --allfiles /media/Devices/sda1

and after I have to start it again and type

antivir --allfiles /media/Devices/sda2

am I correct?

Michael_Mann

Moderator

Date of registration:
Oct 24th 2005

Version: Avira Prem. Security Suite

Operating System: AmigaOS 3.9, Ubuntu 9.10 & noch Windows XP Home (SP3)

Location: Deutschland

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Tuesday, November 3rd 2009, 3:53pm

Yes - If you have SATA-HDs, IDE-HDs are called with hda+number, hdb+number ... (if I'm right)

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This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Michael_Mann" (Nov 3rd 2009, 3:58pm)

NiteHawk

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Date of registration:
Feb 14th 2006

Version: AntiVir Personal

Operating System: Win 2000, XP Pro SP3 - Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

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Tuesday, November 3rd 2009, 7:27pm

Hi!

SATA disks usually would show up as sdX ("SCSI" drives), while older IDE/ATAPI drives will likely be hdX.

For some insight into the Linux naming conventions for drives and partitions please follow these links:
https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/installatio…vice-names.html
http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/EBCD/Dr…ers+and+Numbers
http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Legacy_Microso…tter-order.html

It's very simple to get a list of the partitions that were actually recognized and "mounted" by the Rescue CD: simply type mount at the prompt. Assuming that your Windows partitions are NTFS-formatted, they should show up with type fuseblk in the resulting list. The command blkid might help you to identify specific partitions, as it will show the (file system) "labels" associated with each partition.

You should definitely use the option "-s" in your command to (recursively) scan subdirectories. "--scan-in-archvive" (or "-z" for short) might be useful, too. You can get a list of all available options with antivir --help.

So, assuming your device/partition names are correct, your scan commands probably should look like this:
antivir -s -z --allfiles /media/Devices/sda1
and (after that first command finished)
antivir -s -z --allfiles /media/Devices/sda2

Regards, NiteHawk

"Sudo for Dummies" (external link to a Groklaw article)

walkingcat

Date of registration:
Nov 1st 2009

Version: AntiVir Personal

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Wednesday, November 4th 2009, 4:01pm

Thanks for the details,
infact I managed to run the scan but this is what showed up while performing it:

autoexcluding /sys/ from scan (is a special fs)
autoexcluding /proc from scan

and the scan has been done only in 1 directory on 15 files.....

if you could be more precise on the command I should use to scan the entire partition with ALL files and directories, I would really appreciate...

NiteHawk

Community member

Date of registration:
Feb 14th 2006

Version: AntiVir Personal

Operating System: Win 2000, XP Pro SP3 - Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

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Wednesday, November 4th 2009, 4:22pm

Hello walkingcat!

Quoted

the scan has been done only in 1 directory on 15 files.....

Well, I guess you omitted the -s switch (to include/scan subdirectories)?

Regards, NiteHawk

"Sudo for Dummies" (external link to a Groklaw article)

walkingcat

Date of registration:
Nov 1st 2009

Version: AntiVir Personal

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Thursday, November 5th 2009, 12:26pm

my god... I'm starting to think that it will be impossible to perform a rescue scan without the graphic interface....
here again the problems... if you could kindly help me....

1) the command "antivir -- update" is working but after a while it says that it is not possible to update

2) also using command -s and -z still the scan is limited to very few files (30) and directories

3) if I use "antivir --help" the instruction are too long and I can read only the last page, is there any way to stop the scrolling?

4) still avira is excluding these files:

autoexcluding /sys/ from scan (is a special fs)
autoexcluding /proc from scan

Any tips????

NiteHawk

Community member

Date of registration:
Feb 14th 2006

Version: AntiVir Personal

Operating System: Win 2000, XP Pro SP3 - Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

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Thursday, November 5th 2009, 1:39pm

Hi walkingcat!

Quoted

1) the command "antivir -- update" is working but after a while it says that it is not possible to update

Use ifconfig to check if the Rescue CD actually detected and configured your network interface correctly. Try ping -c 4 personal.avira-update.com to check if DNS works and the update servers can be reached. If this works, the update normally should be able to complete. Do you see any version numbers (comparison) and/or download progress, or does the update simply fail completely?

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2) also using command -s and -z still the scan is limited to very few files (30) and directories

Are you using the full command(s) listed above? You may scan several target paths with a single command like
antivir -s -z --allfiles /media/Devices/sda1 /media/Devices/sda2
Check the output if AntiVir correctly replies with "checking drive/path (list): /media/Devices/sda1" and "checking drive/path (list): /media/Devices/sda2".

Since you gave no feedback on the output of mount and/or blkid: did you verify that these paths for the scan targets are correct and have in fact been mounted? (You may press Alt+F5 to switch over to the "Midnight Commander". Use Crtl+R to refresh the list, nagivate to /media/Devices and check if the subdirectories are present and contain what you expect - i.e. they should show your Windows' partitions contents. Use Alt+F1 to return to the primary console.)

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3) if I use "antivir --help" the instruction are too long and I can read only the last page, is there any way to stop the scrolling?

Just make use of a standard Linux console feature: use Shift+PgUp / Shift+PgDn to 'scroll back', which will allow you to read the entire output

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4) still avira is excluding these files:

autoexcluding /sys/ from scan (is a special fs)
autoexcluding /proc from scan

Which is perfectly normal and gets reported on every scan. Scanning these 'system folders' makes no sense anyway.

Regards, NiteHawk

"Sudo for Dummies" (external link to a Groklaw article)