COMP 3000 2011 Report: DEFT Linux
Part 1
Background
Installation/Startup
DEFT is a LiveCD .iso so startup is as easy as setting the BIOS to boot from the CD/DVD drive, and inserting a disc with the burned iso. No virtualization software was needed, but first attempts at running this distribution involved the use of VirtualBox.
After booting up in a VirtualBox VM with 512 MB RAM allocated, it was soon realized that in order to get a true experience out of DEFT, being a forensic tool, it would be more appropriate to run on an existing machine running Windows.
A disc was burned and when the CD was put into a machine running live Windows 7, an .exe containing many of the forensic tools in the DEFT OS was run. This not being what was wanted, after a restart the machine booted into the DEFT startup menu.
After choosing a language you can pick one of three options:
- DEFT Linux live cd
- Check disk for defects
- Test memory