Re: [Sheflug] Useful Tools

[Richard Ibbotson <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday 23 October 2010 11:42:27 Richard Ibbotson wrote: 
> RescueCD...
> 
> http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page
> 
> " SystemRescueCd is a Linux system rescue disk available as a
> bootable CD-ROM or USB stick for administrating or repairing your
> system and data after a crash. It aims to provide an easy way to
> carry out admin tasks on your computer, such as creating and
> editing the hard disk partitions. It comes with a lot of linux
> software such as system tools (parted, partimage, fstools, ...)
> and basic tools (editors, midnight commander, network tools). It
> requires no installation. It can be used on linux servers, linux
> desktops or windows boxes. The kernel supports the important file
> systems (ext2/ext3/ext4, reiserfs, reiser4, btrfs, xfs, jfs, vfat,
> ntfs, iso9660), as well as network filesystems (samba and nfs). "
> 
> Trinity Rescue CD....
> 
> http://trinityhome.org/Home/index.php?wpid=1
> 
> " Trinity Rescue Kit or TRK is a free live Linux distribution that
> aims specifically at recovery and repair operations on Windows
> machines, but is equally usable for Linux recovery issues. Since
> version 3.4 it has an easy to use scrollable text menu that allows
> anyone who masters a keyboard and some English to perform
> maintenance and repair on a computer, ranging from password
> resetting over disk cleanup to virus scanning"


New versions of these have now arrived over the Christmas period.  See 
the above web pages for a download link.

-- 
Richard
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