mini linux to use dd and access HD and/or USB

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Published on 2009-10-31T17:50:48Z Indexed on 2010/03/18 9:41 UTC
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I was thinking about something. I want to install a 7gb partition and store 2 compress disk image and install linux to it. I want it to be light. What i would like to do is hide the grub loader (or anything) and if i want to reformat my PC press a certain key on startup. Which will then load the linux OS and then i can use dd to restore the partition i want

I plan to use windows XP and windows 7 as my main OS and virtualize anything else i need (vista, dummy XP for testing, multiple linux distos, etc).

Bonus points if you can tell me how to hide the partition in windows so XP and 7 cant touch it

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