Sepp's Rescue & Thin Client CD has been finished!
Download Sepp's Rescue CD (Based on SuSE Linux 9.0, size 20 MB)
Features
- Automatically detects and connects to the nearest XDM-server (Thin Client for X)
- Contains command 'downloadgfxdriver' to semi-automatically download and install graphics driver for your graphics adapter
- Works on older PC's with just 64MB of RAM
- Loads into a ramdisk, so you can remove the CD after booting
- Contains lots of tools, to repair and examine broken disks
- Compact, but powerful (20 MB).
Changelog:
20040418: Original bootdisk with the following modifications:
Removed keyboard dialog, by defaulting to 'us' in linuxrc.conf
Added: /etc/issue, bladeenc (mp3 encoder), minicom (terminal emulator)
20040419: Removed blue background images
Added: arj, pico, cdparanoia, eject, sfdisk
20040825: Added NTFS support
Added sshd (including keypairs)
20040826: Added nmap (incl. /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5* and /lib/libgcc_s.so.1)
Removed all jfs stuff from /sbin (1.365.714 bytes)
Removed all xfs stuff from /sbin and /usr/sbin (2.248.236 bytes)
Removed all reiserfs stuff from /sbin (1.451.136 bytes)
Removed: /usr/bin/joe ( 186.168 bytes)
/usr/lib/cracklib_dict.* (4.043.728 bytes)
Adjusted RTC clock to localtime and timezone Europe/Amsterdam
Added script to make first found cdrom accessible as /dev/cdrom
Added user sepp
Changed permissions 0755 from /bin/su into 4755
Added passwords for users root and sepp
Automatically activation of NIC at boot, and DHCP enabled
Added /sbin/modify_resolvconf
Automatically activation of sshd at boot
Changed hostname 'Rescue' into 'teasairg'
Added 'export TERM=vt100' to /etc/bash.bashrc
Added cdrecord (and required /lib/libresmgr.so.0.1 and ide-scsi.o)
Added /bin/logger
20040827: Added automatically configuring internet-connection (DHCP, GW, DNS)
Added IDE tapestreamer support
20040907: Added wget
Added growisofs
Added online update service (type 'update' to get updates)
20040908: Removed lots of obsolete stuff, to achieve compact iso for download
Added lynx
Added dutch weather script (called 'weer')
Added dir 'docs' containing tutorials, howtos etc.
Added hardware clock synchronization
20040922: This file's (/whatsnew) timestamp represents compilation date
Removed: vim, lynx, YaST, lilo, grub, /lib/rpm/
Rewrote compilation script (creates fresh image at compilation time)
Cleaned up /etc/X11/XF86Config
20040923: Added Matrox (MGA) driver
Added auto-detection of gfx adapter (vesa, intel810 and matrox)
Added auto-detection of and connection to nearest XDM-server
20040924: Added 'downloadgfxdriver', to easily download and install gfx driver