Backup tools??”As you might expect, this distribution contains standard Linux tools for
archiving data (tar, cpio, dump, rar, and so on) and compressing data (such as bzip2,
gzip, and compress). Likewise, it contains standard tools for copying your data over the
network (scp, sftp, ftp, and so on).
Because SystemRescueCd doesn??™t include a graphical interface, it can get a lot of commands into
about 100MB of disk space. Some of the tools, however, such as the midnight commander (mc
command) file manager, provide a GUI-like interface from a regular Linux shell via the ncurses
libraries.
The SystemRescueCd image is included on the CD that comes with this book. Refer to
Appendix A for information on running the SystemRescueCd.
KNOPPIX Security Tools Distribution
The Knoppix-STD goes lightweight on the window manager to go heavyweight on the diagnostic
tools. The distribution contains hundreds of tools that can be used for repairing and assessing
computer and network security (see http://s-t-d.org/).
Instead of a full GNOME desktop, Knoppix-STD uses the Fluxbox window manager. It will run
on lesser machines, but you??™ll get a usable GUI on almost any Pentium-class machine with at least
64MB of RAM. With at least 640MB of RAM, you can run the entire distribution from RAM (type
knoppix toram to boot it to run entirely from RAM).
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