http://mkcdrec.ota.be/ mkCDrec makes a bootable (El Torito) disaster recovery image (CDrec.iso), including backups of the linux system to the same CD-ROM if space permits, or to a multi-volume CD-ROM set. Otherwise, the backups can be stored on another local disk, NFS disk or (remote) tape. After a disaster (disk crash or system intrusion) the system can be booted from the CD-ROM and one can restore the complete system as it was (at the time mkCDrec was run). Disk cloning (clone-dsk.sh script) allows one to restore a disk to another disk (the destination disk does not have to be of the same size as it calculates the partition layout itself). ======================================================= http://www.partimage.org/ Description: Partition Image is a Linux/UNIX utility which saves partitions in the ext2fs/ext3fs (the linux standard), ReiserFS (a new journalized and powerful file system) or FAT16/32 (DOS & Windows file systems) file system to an image file. The image file can be compressed in the GZIP/BZIP2 formats to save disk space, and split into multiple files to be copied on removable floppies (ZIP for example), ... Partition Image will only copy data from the used portions of the partition. For speed and efficiency, free blocks are not written to the image file. This is unlike the 'dd' command, which also copies empty blocks. Partition Image also works for large, very full partitions. For example, a full 1 GB partition can be compressed with gzip down to 400MB. This is very useful to save partitions to an image in some cases: First you can restore your linux partition if there is a problem (virus, file system errors, manipulation error). When you have a problem, you just have to restore the partition, and after 10 minutes, you have the original partition. You can write the image to a CD-R if you don't want the image to use hard-disk space. This utility can be used to install many identical PCs. For example, if you buy 50 PCs, with the same hardware, and you want to install the same linux systems on all 50 PCs, you will save a lot of time. Indeed, you just have to install on the first PC and create an image from it. For the 49 others, you can use the image file and Partition Image's restore function. ======================================================= http://www.freesco.org/ FREESCO (stands for FREE ciSCO) is a free replacement for commercial routers supporting up to 3 ethernet/arcnet/token_ring/arlan network cards and up to 2 modems. Why should you use Freesco? Ease of use - it's insanely easy to set up Thoroughly documented - it's more or less self contained, read one doc and you're off and running Like most players in this field, it runs off one floppy FreeSco runs in as little as 6 Mb RAM. Unique Web Control Panel Freesco is the easiest to use, one disk Linux system available ======================================================= http://www.araneus.fi/audsl/ AuDSL is an experimental technology for achieving low-cost leased-line Internet connectivity for homes and small businesses. The acronym AuDSL stands for Audio Digital Subscriber Line. The idea is to replace traditional, expensive leased line modems with software modems running on PCs, connecting the leased line to an ordinary PC sound card. This makes it possible to construct a complete leased line internet gateway entirely from inexpensive commodity PC hardware. The first AuDSL prototype installation is now successfully running at a speed of 96 kilobits per second, full duplex, over several kilometers of two-wire copper leased line. ======================================================= Enjoy, its free! Horst
