Free development tools?
Lord Edward James William
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Wed, 15 Aug 2001 07:48:21 -0700
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<P>Does anyone know of a free version or gnu version of code warrior I a poor coolege student and dont have $130 to get code warrior. (Im using Mandrake 8: <IMG height=12 src="http://graphics.hotmail.com/emsmile.gif" width=12> great for linux newbies)</P>
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<DIV></DIV>>From: Wes Bateman <WES@MANISEC.COM>
<DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
<DIV></DIV>>To: "Furmanek, Greg" <GREG.FURMANEK@HIT.CENDANT.COM>
<DIV></DIV>>CC: "PLUG (E-mail)" <PLUG-DISCUSS@LISTS.PLUG.PHOENIX.AZ.US>
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: FW: Custom Recovery CD.
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 15:38:26 -0500 (CDT)
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<DIV></DIV>>Since nobody else mentioned it, try Brian Finley (formerly of VA)'s System
<DIV></DIV>>Imager.
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<DIV></DIV>>http://systemimager.org
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<DIV></DIV>>Brian's a cool guy, and the project has matured nicely. I've used it as
<DIV></DIV>>the basis for tools to image MANY boxes, even from remote (setting up some
<DIV></DIV>>files on the remote via ssh and instructing LILO to boot to a "reimage"
<DIV></DIV>>kernel, rerunning LILO and rebooting). I imaged over 1,000 boxes, with no
<DIV></DIV>>remote hands, on four continents :)
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<DIV></DIV>>It did a repartition, created ext2 filesystem on the newly created
<DIV></DIV>>partition(s), and then used rsync over ssh to lay the files in the image
<DIV></DIV>>onto the new filesystem.
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<DIV></DIV>>Out of the box it (used to anyway) be geared toward imaging a serverfarm
<DIV></DIV>>type environment. Using a DHCP server to assign IP addresses to the hosts
<DIV></DIV>>as they came up, then based the hostname off of that IP in a special hosts
<DIV></DIV>>file on the "imageserver." Its scripts can be customized to meet whatever
<DIV></DIV>>needs you may have. I had it detecting the number of scsi drives we had
<DIV></DIV>>in a given box, and partitioning appropriately. Was a pretty slick
<DIV></DIV>>arrangement :)
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<DIV></DIV>>Even if you don't go with running an imageserver and doing all of this,
<DIV></DIV>>you can manipulate the tools he already built. We made a tarball out of a
<DIV></DIV>>system, then used the base scripts, just customized them to pull the image
<DIV></DIV>>not off the network, but rather to extract it from the tarball. You'll
<DIV></DIV>>have to get a statically compiled tar (and gzip if you want/need it) into
<DIV></DIV>>the bootable image though.
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<DIV></DIV>>For a general-purpose, recovery/forensic/whatever CD, check out the little
<DIV></DIV>>LinuxCare business card CD's. I think they have the image used online, so
<DIV></DIV>>you can build your own.
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<DIV></DIV>>HTH :) Good luck,
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<DIV></DIV>>Wes
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<DIV></DIV>>--
<DIV></DIV>>Wes Bateman, GCIA
<DIV></DIV>>Chief Security Officer
<DIV></DIV>>ManISec, Inc. - "Managed Internet Security Services"
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<DIV></DIV>>wes@manisec.com
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<DIV></DIV>>On Mon, 13 Aug 2001, Furmanek, Greg wrote:
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<DIV></DIV>> > To be more specific I would like to create CD that
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<DIV></DIV>> > 1. Boots kernel image.
<DIV></DIV>> > 2. Auto partitions drives.
<DIV></DIV>> > 3. Formats Drives.
<DIV></DIV>> > 4. Restores applications.
<DIV></DIV>> > 5. Restores data.
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> > All that with no assistance. (well maybe with the
<DIV></DIV>> > exception of putting the cd in the tray and turning
<DIV></DIV>> > the power switch)
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<DIV></DIV>> > -----Original Message-----
<DIV></DIV>> > From: Furmanek, Greg
<DIV></DIV>> > Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 8:19 AM
<DIV></DIV>> > To: PLUG (E-mail)
<DIV></DIV>> > Subject: Custom Recovery CD.
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<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> > Hi gang...
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<DIV></DIV>> > I would like to create custom recovery CD for my
<DIV></DIV>> > boxes. I have looked into Norton Ghost, but it
<DIV></DIV>> > appears it requires a windows box or at least a
<DIV></DIV>> > partition to dump the image onto. So here is a
<DIV></DIV>> > task.
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<DIV></DIV>> > 1. How can I create a bootable CD that restores
<DIV></DIV>> > my drive that does not need windows?
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<DIV></DIV>> > 2. Has anyone seen a project like that already?
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<DIV></DIV>> > 3. Has anyone done a this type of setup?
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<DIV></DIV>> > Greg Furmanek
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