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I've released a new 2.0.37 based tomsrtbt-1.7.140, .dos.zip and .tar.gz.

It is available from http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system.recovery,
and will soon be on all the mirrors which of course should be used.

It is also up at http://www.toms.net/rb/, where there is some other stuff.

It's a boot/root rescue/emergency floppy image with more stuff than can fit.
Bzip2, 1722Mb formatting, and tight compilation options helped jam a lot on.

It is useful for "learn unix on a floppy" as it runs from ramdisk, includes
the man-pages for everything, and behaves in a generally predictable way.

See the FAQ below or at http://www.toms.net/rb for a list of recent
enhancements and fixes.  There are *IMPORTANT BUG FIXES IN THIS VERSION*.

LSM, FAQ including feature list, and available add-ons follow:

---------------------------- tomsrtbt-1.7.140.lsm --------------------------:
Begin3
Title:		tomsrtbt
Version:	1.7.140
Entered-date:	25AUG99
Description:	"The most Linux on one floppy."  (distribution or panic disk).
		1.72MB boot/root rescue/tools diskette for your shirt pockets.
		Supports ide, scsi, tape, network adaptors, PCMCIA, much more.
		About 100 utility programs and tools for fixing and restoring.
		See tomsrtbt.FAQ for a list of stuff that is included.  Not a
		script, just the diskette image packed up chock full of stuff.
		Easy to customize startup and scripts for complete rebuilding.
		Also good as learn-unix-on-a-floppy as it has mostly what you
		expect- vi, emacs, awk, sed, sh, manpages- loaded on ramdisks.
		There is one installer that runs under Linux, another for DOS.
Keywords:	rescue recovery emergency floppy panic bootdisk tomsrtbt help
Author: 	tom@toms.net (Tom Oehser)
Maintained-by:	tom@toms.net (Tom Oehser)
Primary-site:	www.toms.net /rb
		1 kB home.html
Alternate-site:	sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/system/recovery
		1722 kB tomsrtbt-1.7.140.tar.gz
		1722 kB tomsrtbt-1.7.140.dos.zip
Copying-policy:	GPL
End
------------------------ tomsrtbt.FAQ ------------------------:
Contents:

1) tomsrtbt is
2) Design goals
3) Contents
4) Linux installation
5) DOS installation
6) Customizing
7) Support
8) Tips
9) Copyright
10) ChangeLog
11) ToDo


1) tomsrtbt is

	"The most Linux on one floppy disk" for:

		rescue recovery panic & emergencies

		tools to keep in your shirt pockets

		whenever you can't use a hard drive


2) Design goals

	as much stuff as possible on 1 floppy disk

	keep it self contained, build under itself

	try to make it behave like a normal system

	rescue and recovery functions get priority


3) Contents

 Stuff (modules, manpages, scripts, binaries, kernel):

2.0.37 3c589_cs BusLogic CVF DEC_ELCP EEXPRESS EEXPRESS_PRO
EL2 EL3 EXT2 FAT FAT32 FD IDE IDECD IDEFLOPPY IDEPCMCIA
IDETAPE ISO9660 JOLIET LOOP MATH_EMULATION MINIX MSDOS
NE2000 NFS PROC RAM SD SERIAL SLIP SMC SR TR ULTRA VFAT
VORTEX WD80x3 ah152x_cs aha152x aha1542 aic7xxx ash awk
badblocks bdflush bzip2 cardbus cardmgr cat ce ce.help chattr
chgrp chmod chown chroot clear cmp cp cpio cut date dd ddate
debugfs df dirname dmesg dmsdos ds du dumpe2fs dutil e2fsck
eata echo egrep elvis emacs extend false fdflush fdformat
fdisk fdomain filesize find fmt fsck.ext2 fsck.msdos fstab
grep gzip halt head hexedit hostname i82365 ifconfig ifport
ile init inittab insmod kill killall5 ksyms length less
libc.so.5.4.13 lilo lilo.conf ln loadkeys login losetup ls
lsattr mawk memtest mingetty miterm mkdir mkdosfs mke2fs
mkfifo mkfs.minix mklost+found mknod mkswap mnsed more mount
mt mv nc ncr53c8xx nmclan_cs ntfs pax pcmcia pcmcia_core
pcnet_cs ping plip ppa printf ps pwd qlogic_cs qlogicfas
reboot reset rm rmdir rmmod route rsh rshd script scsi_info
seagate sed serial_cs setserial sh slattach sleep slip snarf
sort split stty swapoff swapon sync tail tar tcic tee telnet
test touch tune2fs umount update vi vi.help wc

 Linux package

buildit.s		build
clone.s			duplicate
fdflush			flush floppy cache
fdformat		format floppy 1.7M
install.s		install
settings.s		used by build
tomsrtbt.FAQ		documentation
tomsrtbt.raw		<== This is it
unpack.s		unpack

 DOS package

initrd.img		installer image
install.bat		install it
loadlin.exe		starts linux from DOS
tomsrtbt.FAQ		documentation
zimage			installer kernel


4) Linux installation

a) extract the .tar.gz archive
b) Be root
c) Be in the tomsrtbt-<version> directory
d) Have a blank floppy with no bad sectors
e) Do './install.s'

The script assumes you have ELF and that your 3.5" 1.44M floppy is on fd0.

Virtually all 1.44 drives support 1.722 just fine, but it is possible for
an extended format to break a floppy drive, use tomsrtbt at your own risk.
The install does mknod to make /dev/fd0u1722 if you don't have it already.

If you use libc.so.6 / glibc, you might need something like:
 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib; ./fdformat /dev/fd0u1722

Umount any mounted floppies before installing.


5) DOS installation

a) Pkunzip it

b) If you are running Windows-95, do "shutdown and restart in msdos mode".
   You have to be in really-DOS mode.  Not a DOS session under Windows-95.

c) CD to the directory you pkunzipped it into.

d) "install".
   (This boots a Linux with prompts to make the diskette.)

This is for installing tomsrtbt when you don't already have Linux.

If you have tomsrtbt on a floppy, don't use this, and if
you already have Linux, don't use this, use the .tar.gz.
If you have problems boot with no config.sys or autoexec.bat.


6) Customizing

If you have problems, try doing it under tomsrtbt instead
of on your own system. I test and support it under itself!

To customize startup, edit settings.s and rc.custom.gz on the floppy.
Of course you have to "gzip -d" rc.custom.gz to edit it.
Use /dev/fd0u1722 to mount it, /dev/fd0 or /dev/fd0H1440 will not work.
Typical uses: insmod, ifconfig, route, resolv.conf, hosts, mount, etc.

For full customization, such as, anything,

	(Be logged somewhere with 10+ meg of linux filesystem space)

	unpack.s 		# unbuilds it into <name>.unpacked
				# do what thou wilt
	2/usr/doc/buildit.s	# rebuilds out of 1, 2 directories

There is lots of room, delete useless stuff like dmsdos and ce.

NOTE:	You need space to DO the customizations. Rc.custom.gz can be
	unpacked into /tmp, edited, gzipped, copied back. Buildit.s
	needs drive space. If you only have FAT, use the loop device.

When customizing, edit the settings.s under "1/", not other copies.


7) Support

	Start at the homepage at http://www.toms.net/rb/

	My email address is Tom@Toms.NET

	I am not a Unix teacher, questions should be tomsrtbt-specific.

	Tell me what problems you have and what you would like added.


8) Tips

'Login as root' means the USER ID is "root"!  I thought it was obvious...

Use "man command" if a command acts strangely

"snarf" does ftp, gopher, http, & finger

/ is full. /usr is full. /tmp has room.

tar and cpio are 'pax' and differ from gnu-tar and gnu-cpio.

Instead of:
		tar -xvzf /dev/st0
Use this:
		gzip -d < /dev/st0 | tar -xvf -

To run programs from your hard drive:
	-ELF libc5 stuff should all work.
	-For a.out programs, install binfmt_aout.o.
	-For glibc6 programs, something like:
		ln -s /mnt/lib/ld-linux.so.2 /lib/ld-linux.so.2
		edit ld.so.conf then ldconfig or maybe LD_LIBRARY_PATH
		or, "chroot <mounted glibc root> bash" then whatever...

Command history is via ile from /bin/login, see "man ile" and /bin/login.

You must use insmod for:
 BusLogic aha152x aha1542 aic7xxx dmsdos eata fdomain
 ncr53c8xx ntfs plip ppa qlogicfas seagate

Adaptec 2940 etc. is aic7xxx

If something is missing, look in http://www.toms.net/rb/add-ons/.

Try "pcmcia start". If you add pcmcia modules, fix /etc/pcmcia/config also.

To use lilo, mount the floppy to get at zImage & boot.b, chain.b is in etc.
The lilo you run must have the same version as the boot.b it runs against.

wc login man shutdown ps split telnet tee & head are scripts or awks.

edit rc.custom.gz to enable rshd or dialin or 'telnetd'.

For the fake telnetd, use 'mode character' and 'set binary'...

If you need to not be root, use a suid shell.  Login won't do it.

Instead of rdev use lilo, for examples see the mailing list archive.

To copy between 2 tomsrtbt systems, use something like:

 find <path> | cpio -o | rsh <system> cd <path> ";" cpio -iumd

Support for 4M machines in borderline, see the list archive for help.

I have never used "Red Hat", please do not ask me questions about it.
Ditto:  "Mandrake".


9) Copyright

Almost the only originality is arrangement, construction, and scripts.

I did write 'tomshexd' from scratch.

It is all on sunsite.unc.edu, tsx-11.mit.edu, ftp.debian.org, or ftp.lth.se.

I changed:
 mnsed fixing 'l'
 snarf adding ftp USER and PASS via getenv
 busybox taking out applets
 ile fixing tty bugs
 dd adding lseek for BLK, progress indicator, no conv

The .diffs are in http://www.toms.net/rb/add-ons/*.diff.bz2

'miterm' is thanks to Robert de Bath, rdebath@poboxes.com

*******************************************************************************
* If you base something on it, use any of the scripts, distribute binaries or *
* libraries from it, or distribute customized versions of it: You must credit *
* tomsrtbt and include a pointer to http://www.toms.net/rb/ and tom@toms.net, *
* and include this notice verbatim. Copyright Tom Oehser 1999. This notice in *
* no way supercedes or nullifies any other protections on the component parts *
* such as the BSD and GPL copyrights which apply to practically everything!!! *
* Within these strictures you may redistribute, incorporate, copy, modify, or *
* do anything else to it or with it that you like. Tomsrtbt has no warranties *
* not even implied fitness or usefulness.  If it breaks you keep both pieces. *
*******************************************************************************


10) ChangeLog

1.6.70   add ile shell command history
1.6.151  script fixes, wc tee dirname -> awk
1.6.165  rep gnu fmt w/ elvis' fmt
1.6.167  rm mkdmsdosfs fsck, add ntfs.o, head -> awk
1.6.193  cut -> awk
1.6.200  rm smc-ultra32
1.6.225  script and settings changes, enhance telnet, remove rlogin
1.6.249  add tulip
1.6.268  grep -> awk, add 3c59x
1.6.275  superformat -> fdformat, util2.8, prompt for keytable,
         add BusLogic.o (no FlashPoint...), IDEPCMCIA.
1.6.335  fix cpio bugs, BSD mt-st -> gnu-mt, 2.4.2-20 (debian)
1.6.336  fix ile tty handling
1.6.346  pcmcia-3.05, del aha152x_cs, add cardbus
1.6.358  fix ile high-bit char handling
1.6.362  tcic_opts fix, DOS installer fix
1.6.370  replace cpio with pax/tar/cpio
1.6.375  fix fake telnetd
1.7.0    kernel 2.0.36
1.7.14   customize dd, cd func PS1, more.help, docs, pax 2.(>1)
1.7.29   many pax, tar, cpio fixes
1.7.30   add hexedit, add split
1.7.40   add aha152x_cs, trim elvis
1.7.52   BusLogic, seagate -> modules, bzImage -> zImage
1.7.75   trim libc, 26 sectors free! bugfixes
1.7.88   add setserial, play with inode calculations
1.7.90   make scsi modules, make network builtin 
1.7.95   plip has to be module, script fixes
1.7.100  add real dhcpcd NOTE: this is temporary, I will replace this with a
         faked or reduced dhcp and this will go away!  But why not put it on
         there for now since I have the space...
1.7.102  new mkdosfs
1.7.104  minor fixes
1.7.115  rows/columns fix
1.7.119  fix pax buildit.s unpack.s pty devs; del ibmtr symlks; 2.0.36>zImage
1.7.135  kernel 2.0.37, random urandom & sr1, fix pax bug

11) ToDo

Com     TypEffPriDes
.deb     e  m  2 unpacker
4M       e  l  9 more aliases, etc?
ash      b  h  4 echo won't allow both -e AND -n
ash      b  h  6 bizarre 'read' bug
ash      b  l  6 manpage omits $$, $_, etc.
ash      b  h  7 fix or doc builtin "test" bug
awks     e  m  5 clean up, do more..
awks     e  m  5 write 'strings' in awk
busybox  b  m  4 fix monadic to handle -fr
busybox  b  m  2 kill doesn't support named signals
busybox  e  h  4 hack in more stuff, revamp and redo
busybox  e  h  7 new version?
crtn.o   b  h  5 ?4-K overhead from for every program?
crunch   e  h  5 BSD program that auto-combines binaries?
cut      b  m  4 fix -b, -c N-..
dhcpd    e  h  2 make a really small one
doc      b  l  5 update manpage for (gnucpio)mt
doc      e  m  6 busybox man pages
doc      e  m  2 faq>/,.s>bin,settings>etc
floppy   e  h  8 mess with higher formats like 1840?
generic- e  m  8 which one?
hexedit  e  m  4 wrapper for diskediting
insmod   b  h  9 newer version failed?
isapnp   e  h  4 no
kbd      e  m  4 make keymaps with only changes
libc     e  h  9 convert to glibc6
lrp      e  m  4 crib from
md       e  m  8 check size, need
more     b  h  2 fix console bug, smooth scroll backwards
mount    e  l  3 update man pages
mount    b  h  6 -O2 breaks '-t nfs', -O1 works, why?
ntfs     e  m  4 newer version
passwd   e  m  2 crypt in awk, better fake login
pax      e  h  3 enhance to do gnu-tar and gnu-cpio opts
pax      e  h  3 try to break, build verification suite.
pax      e  h  3 add support for SVR4 formats
pcmcia   e  m  5 cleanup, docs, trim, test
smbfs    e  m  7 check size
sort     e  m  4 remove or replace with an awk
startup  e  h  2 test initrd, root.gz->minixfs ideas
xtea     e  m  2 do this
telnet   e  m  5 improve
telnetd  e  m  5 improve
termcap  e  l  4 man page w/ setterm fake shortcuts i.e. ^V^[[?5h
termcap  b  h  7 rebuild lib
trinux   e  m  4 crib from
wget     e  m  3 compare to snarf

---------------- available add-ons -----------------------------------:
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3c515.o.bz2		3c574_cs.o.bz2		3c575_cb.o.bz2
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CDROM_MODULES.bz2	ElTorito.288.bz2	FS_MODULES.bz2
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ni52.o.bz2		ni65.o.bz2		nmclan_cs.o.bz2
paride.o.bz2		pas16.o.bz2		pax-2.2.beta9.tar.gz
pcmcia-full-config.bz2	pcmcia_core.o.bz2	pcnet32.o.bz2
pcnet_cs.o.bz2		plip.o.bz2		ppa.o.bz2
ppp.o.bz2		psaux.o.bz2		qlogic.o.bz2
qlogic_cs.o.bz2		qlogicfas.o.bz2		qlogicisp.o.bz2
restore.bz2		rsrc_mgr.o.bz2		rtl8139.o.bz2
sbpcd.o.bz2		sdla.o.bz2		seagate.o.bz2
serial_cb.o.bz2		serial_cs.o.bz2		slhc.o.bz2
smbfs.o.bz2		smc-ultra32.o.bz2	smc9194.o.bz2
smc91c92_cs.o.bz2	snarf.diff.bz2		sram_mtd.o.bz2
t128.o.bz2		tcic.o.bz2		tlan.o.bz2
tmscsim.o.bz2		tomshexd.c.bz2		trakker.o.bz2
tulip_cb.o.bz2		u14-34f.o.bz2		ufs.o.bz2
ultrastor.o.bz2		via-rhine.o.bz2		wavelan_cs.o.bz2
wd7000.o.bz2		xirc2ps_cs.o.bz2	yellowfin.o.bz2
zft-compressor.o.bz2	zftape.o.bz2
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-Tom Oehser, tom@toms.net