Trinity Rescue Kit

Infobox_OS
name = Trinity Rescue Kit



caption =
developer = Tom Kerremans
family = Linux
source_model = Open source
working_state = Current
latest_release_version = 3.2 build 279
latest_release_date = release date|2007|01|04
language = English
kernel_type = Linux
license = Unknown
website = http://trinityhome.org/trk/

Trinity Rescue Kit (also known as TRK) is a free Live CD Linux distribution based on Mandriva Linux, aimed specifically at offline operations for Windows and Linux systems such as rescue, repair, password resets and disk cloning. Trinity Rescue Kit is bootable from a CD, USB media or a network using PXE. Documentation for TRK exists both on the website, as well as in the console by using the command "trkhelp -l -t". Trinity Rescue Kit omits the standard Linux manual command in order to conserve space. In addition, there are tools to migrate TRK from an ISO image to a bootable USB device and vice versa.

Trinity Rescue Kit has a graphical startup menu based on SYSLINUX and vesamenu32 which is used to select boot options.

History

Starting in 2001, after creating a bootable DOS-based CD of proprietary software for offline operations (named "The Vault"), Tom Kerremans decided to create a free bootable Linux CD. The purpose would be to include free tools that could help rescue a Windows installation that was being problematic. Binaries and scripts from other distributions inspired the Trinity Rescue Kit. Sources included Mandriva 2005 and the Fedora Cores 3 and 4. Regardless, the startup procedure and methods, as well as many scripts, are custom made for Trinity Rescue Kit. [ [http://trinityhome.org/Home/index.php?wpid=1&front_id=12 What is Trinity Rescue Kit?] ]

Features

The current version of TRK is 3.2 (Build 279) as of October 30, 2007; beta version 3.3 (Build 301) is stable and has bugs, but not "any dangerous ones", according to the Official site. TRK is based on Linux kernel 2.6.19.2 and hwdata 0.191-1.

* 6 consoles (accessed using alt+F1, etc.)
* The ability to update itself (antivirus definitions/drivers) if burned onto a CD-RW
* Data Recovery Tools
* Clone Windows over a network
* Antivirus Scanner
** ClamAV
** F-Prot
** AVG Anti-Virus
** BitDefender
* Reset Windows passwords
* Read/Write to NTFS partitions through ntfs-3g
** clonentfs allows copying of all used space on a drive
* Edit partition layout
* SSH Server
* Samba server
** Share all local drives on network as a user or a guest
* Logical Volume Management
* Proxy server support
* Bridging Capabilities
** Allows tcpdump when traffic passes other computers

See also

*List of LiveDistros
*Comparison of Linux LiveDistros
*Open computing

External links

* [http://trinityhome.org/trk/ Trinity Rescue Kit website]
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* [http://www.opencomputingit.com/ Trinity Rescue Kit Commercial Support]

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