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Many questions are asked of Helix. Questions that are asked repeatidly end up here.
What is Helix?
Helix is a bootable CD originally based upon Knoppix, with an emphasis on Incident Response & Computer Forensics.
What are the minimum requirements to run Helix?
Helix needs lots of RAM and a x86 architecture (Intel, AMD, etc.). You might get it running
on an a system with at least 48MB RAM, but don't expect much (like a GUI). You really need a
pentium class computer with at least 128MB RAM. The more RAM the better.
How do you install Helix?
In short you do not install Helix.
1) Burn the cd image (Helix.iso) to a CD.
2) Make sure that your machine can boot from a CD. (check the BIOS)
3) Reboot the machine with the CD in the CD-ROM drive.
4) Use Helix.
If you want a permanent installation of Helix you have the option of putting it on your
harddrive. There is a script that will accomplish that called knx2hd. Keep in mind that this will destroy all existing data on the partition you install it on.
I get an error message "ERROR: Only one processor found"
This message doesn't matter. Just ignore it. The Helix kernel can handle multi-processor systems, and can in some situations think that your system may be multi-processor when it is not. This is not a problem.
I get the error Can't find Knoppix filesystem. then it drops me to a limited shell.
After isolinux starts up the first thing Helix wants to do is uncompress the filesystem. Helix probes for the CD on all SCSI and IDE buses. If it can't find it you'll get the error above. *This is fixed in all versions since 1.4
For Transmeta laptops and some Sonys with PCMCIA cd drives try:
helix ide2=0x180 nopcmcia
You can also try helix nodma and/or helix failsafe
How is Helix licensed?
Please read the EULA that comes with the Helix CD. The Helix license specifically does NOT allow for redistribution or resale. In other words you are not allowed to sell Helix.
What's the root password?
There is no root password. Thisi s built into the default Knoppix distribution that Helix is based
on. If you need root access, you do one of the following:
1) run the command using 'sudo'
2) Run 'sudo su'
Does the Helix ISO has a virus or Trojan? My AV program picks them up.
Helix does not have any viruses or trojans. It is a false positive of your virus scanner. Your virus scanner is picking up tools on the CD (like Foundstones tools) which are security tools designed to find the viruses/trojans that are being picked up by your virus scanner. They have the same signature. Rest assured there are no viruses/trojans/backdoors on Helix.
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