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List:       linux-announce
Subject:    Linux-Announce Digest #687
From:       Digestifier <Linux-Announce-Request () senator-bedfellow ! mit ! edu>
Date:       2004-02-22 11:13:04
Message-ID: 20040222161304.25762.qmail () senator-bedfellow ! mit ! edu
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Linux-Announce Digest #687, Volume #4          Sun, 22 Feb 2004 11:13:04 EST

Contents:
  lookat 1.4.0rc1 ( Development release ) (staf wagemakers)
  ANNOUNCE: RIP Linux CD/Floppy boot/rescue system! (robotti@godmail.com)

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Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 06:19:45 CST
From: staf wagemakers <staf@patat.org>
Subject: lookat 1.4.0rc1 ( Development release )

About:

"lookat" (or "bekijk" in Dutch) is a program to view text files and
manual pages. It is designed to be more user-friendly than more
conventional text viewers such as less.

lookat 1.4.0rc1 is the first release candidate of lookat 1.4.0
and is available at http://staf.patat.org/lookat/develop/

ChangeLog:

* Lookat / Bekijk 1.4.0rc1 ( 21 Feb 2004 )

  + BUGFIX: error in dos text file handling corrected

* version 1.4.0pre2 ( 22 Apr 2003 )

  + BUGFIX: resolves some segmentation fault in previous
    release
  + BUGFIX: resolves various BUGS in the new color code.
  + BUGFIX: previous version didn't compile on SCO OpenServer
  + code cleanup
  + documentation update
  + "give notice on exit" works in the file open window.

* version 1.4.0pre1 ( 19  Feb 2003 )

  + The ability to modify the colors
  + Some typos corrected

have fun,

-- 
staf

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From: robotti@godmail.com
Subject: ANNOUNCE: RIP Linux CD/Floppy boot/rescue system!
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 09:02:26 CST
Reply-To: robotti@godmail.com



You'll find CD and Floppy boot/rescue Linux systems here:

http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/rip

=========================================================================
                       (R)ecovery (I)s (P)ossible!
                       (R)ecovery (I)s (P)ossible!
The bootable CD image `RIP-7.5.iso.bin' can be written to a CD/DVD disk,
using cdrecord/dvdrecord etc.

The 2.6.2 kernel has IDE and SCSI support.
The kernel also has PCMCIA, LVM2, RAID, and Ethernet/cable/dsl/ppp/pppoe
networking support.

These are some of the programs it contains (partimage/partimaged, parted,
dump/restore, reiserfsck, fsck.reiser4, fdisk, cfdisk, sfdisk, mke2fs,
e2fsck, tune2fs, debugfs, mkfs.xfs, jfs_mkfs, jfs_fsck, xfs_repair,
cdrecord/dvdrecord, mkisofs, dvd+rw-format, growisofs, ntfsresize,
mkntfs, lynx, mutt, fetchmail, ncftp, epic irc, tin, telnet, wget,
naim, zgv, testdisk, smbclient, smbmount, ssh/sshd, rsync, udp-sender/
receiver, lde, blesstivo, chntpw, cmospwd, grub, grubconfig, smartctl, 
memtest86+, captive-ntfs)

It also includes the DVD udf filesystem packet writing tools
(cdrwtool, mkudffs, pktsetup).

The 'reiserfsck' and 'fsck.reiser4' programs are used to check and repair 
a Linux reiserfs and reiser4 filesystem.

The 'xfs_repair' program is used to repair a Linux
xfs filesystem.

The 'jfs_fsck' program is used to check and repair 
a Linux jfs filesystem.

The 'e2fsck' program is used to check and repair 
a Linux ext2 or ext3 filesystem.

The 'ntfsresize' program non-destructively resizes Windows XP/2000/NT4
or Windows Server 2003 NTFS filesystems. Read /usr/doc/RIP/ntfsresize.txt
on the rescue system.

The 'parted' program is used for creating, destroying, resizing (fat16/32,
ext2/3, reiserfs v3.6), checking and copying partitions, and the file
systems on them. This is useful for creating space for new operating
systems, reorganising disk usage, copying data between hard disks and
disk imaging.

The partition image program 'partimage' saves partitions in the ext2,
ext3, reiserfs, jfs, xfs, ufs, ntfs, fat16, and fat32 formats to an
image file. Only used blocks are copied to save space and increase
the speed. The image file can be compressed, in gzip or bzip2 formats.

============ WinNT/XP & BIOS password change programs! ==============
The chntpw program will enable you to view some information and
change user passwords in a Windows NT/XP SAM userdatabase file.
Read /usr/doc/RIP/chntpw/README.

cmospwd is a CMOS/BIOS password recovery tool.
Read /usr/doc/RIP/cmospwd.txt.

ATTENTION! The read-write NTFS support in the kernel is just for use
           with chntpw, it has no other use.
           If you want to mount a NTFS partition, mount it read-only!
           # mount -t ntfs -o ro /dev/hda1 /mnt/win

ATTENTION! If you want to mount a WinXP NTFS partition read-write, use
           captive-ntfs. # mount-ntfs "For help!"
=====================================================================

========= Writing RIP-7.5.iso to a CD, using Linux or Windows! ==========

You can use 'cdrecord/dvdrecord' to write 'RIP-7.5.iso.bin' to a cd
or dvd disk under Linux.

The example below assumes an IDE cd writer on device 0,0,0 with a 4x speed.

# cdrecord -scanbus   "To find the device your cd writer is on!"

Cdrecord 1.10 () Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jorg Schilling
scsibus0:
        0,0,0     0) 'HP      ' 'CD-Writer+ 9100c' 'H2,1' Removable CD-ROM
etc...

# cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=0,0,0 RIP-7.5.iso.bin        "CD-R/RW drive"
# dvdrecord -v -dao speed=4 dev=0,0,0 RIP-7.5.iso.bin  "DVD-R/RW drive" 

If you need to erase the CD-RW first, do this.

# cdrecord -v blank=fast speed=4 dev=0,0,0 RIP-7.5.iso.bin

Continued at the RIP site...

http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/rip

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