Rescue Dog

[nubc]

New (proposed) Puppy derivative: Rescue Dog
icon: Saint Bernard with collar barrel/cask
alternative icon: chihuahua with collar barrel/cask
based on Wary 5.x (64-bit?)
apps: Hardinfo, GParted, PhotoRec,TestDisk, MemTest, NTFS password reset, ddrescue

Please suggest rescue/recovery apps!

Although in legend casks of liquor were strapped around the dogs' collars to warm up travelers, no historical records exist that document this practice. But another legend was very real: famous St. Bernard, Barry, who lived in the monastery from 1800-1812, saved the lives of more than 40 people. In 1815, Barry's body was put on exhibit at the Natural History Museum in Berne, Switzerland, where it remains today.

Many people began breeding the dogs indiscriminately, like with English Mastiffs, which resulted in their common appearance today. During this time, the dog breed was still without a name. Many called them Hospice Dogs, Alpine Mastiffs, Mountain Dogs, Swiss Alpine Dogs and St. Bernard Mastiffs. Many Swiss called them Barry Dogs as a tribute.

[Barkin]

New Puppy derivative: Rescue Dog

Please suggest rescue apps!

If it is to rescue Windows, an anti-virus , (avast ?)

and disc-imaging/cloning back-up software ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_disk_cloning_software
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_backup_software

also see ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redo_Backup_and_Recovery

[nubc]

Resources to check:
Hiren's Boot Disk
System Rescue CD
Knoppix
Slax
Trinity Rescue Kit
Ultimate Boot CD
Avira Rescue CD (Avira Registry Editor)

My conception of Rescue Dog is that it provides the most commonly needed tools for rescue and recovery, preferably in a gui environment rather than CLI-based. Rescue Dog needn't be as replete as Hiren's BD or Knoppix, but it should have enough rescue tools to attract motivated users to download Puppy. What sets Rescue Dog apart from others is fundamentally the same as what sets Puppy apart: quick boot time, install to RAM, easy gui interface (JWM), full access and permissions as root, etc.

[Sylvander]

Over at the PC-Guide Forums...
I've recently been suggesting to people that they use with Puppy:
TestDisk
avast4workstation-1.0.8.pet [I have the file, cannot find a hosting site]
Registry Editor PE
Anyone know how to use this to set the Administrator password? It was blank and couldn't be set. set it in XP Safe Mode.

[mavrothal]

Have you seen puppy rescue os and puprescue precise by dpup5520?

[Les Kerf]

ddrescue is a must!

[nubc]

Have you seen puppy rescue os and puprescue precise by dpup5520?

Please provide links to this derivative. Are these projects still active, or were they one-off? Is dpup5520 still active on the forum?

[rokytnji]

Have you seen puppy rescue os and puprescue precise by dpup5520?

Please provide links to this derivative. Are these projects still active, or were they one-off? Is dpup5520 still active on the forum?

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=84162

Only 3 pages so not a lot of interest it seems in a rescue dog it would seem.
A iso I keep for 1 click mbr (windoiws or Linux) repair
Works better than Hirens (I have that iso also)

http://www.howtogeek.com/114884/how-to- ... wont-boot/

also download a dedicated Boot Repair live CD.

mathroval will have to provide the other link I guess.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=69651

in case mine is wrong.

[rokytnji]

Oh for cloning. My other iso on file is

http://redobackup.org/

[nubc]

RescuePup_Precise apps list
1. LHPUPRecord - Record your desktop screen
2. apg_2.2.3 - Create passwords
3. chntpw-0.99.5 - wipe windows passwords and view/edit the registry
4. clamav-0.97.6 - Antivius
5. cmospwd_5.0 - decrypt bios passwords
6. dares/daresqt_0.6.5 - scans a CD/DVD image or a CD/DVD and tries to find files
7. dcfldd_1.3.4-1 - an enhanced version of GNU dd with features useful for forensics and security
8. duff-0.5 - command-line utility for quickly finding duplicates in a given set of files
9. dvdisaster_0.72.4 - Creates error correction data for optical media
10. Foremost-1.5.5 - recover files based on their headers, footers, and internal data structures
11. GNUddRescue-1.16 - data recovery tool which copies data from one file or block device (hard disc, cdrom, etc) to another, trying hard to rescue data in case of read errors
12. smartmontools_5.43 w/gui - control and monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (SMART) built into most modern ATA and SCSI harddisks
13. hdrecover-0.4 - Attempts to recover a hard disk that has bad blocks on it. Use this with caution!!
14. HFS_Support - Support for Macintosh volumes
15. IceWM - The ICE window manager
16. iptraf-ng-1.1.3.1 - console-based network monitoring utility
17. Killdisk-12.1.22 - program written in python for Unix based systems for wiping a hard drive
18. Multiple Dependencies/script modification/fixes
19. lshw_2.16 - Utility to provide detailed information on the hardware configuration of a pc
20. magicrescue-1.1.9 - scans a block device for file types it knows how to recover and calls an external program to extract them
21. manipulate_data-1.3 - can search data on a harddisk/partition/file, extract the part you are interested in, and write it back after you modified it.
22. mbr-1.1.11 - a replacement master boot record tool
23. ms-sys-2.2.1 - update of ms-sys in puppy used to recreate/fix windows MBRs
24. myrescue-0.9.4 - a program to rescue the still-readable data from a damaged harddisk.
25. nwipe-0.12 - a command that will securely erase disks using a variety of recognised methods. It is a fork of the dwipe project
26. opendoser-1.1 - Open-source version of the windows I-Doser application
27. partclone_0.2.48 - provides utilities to save and restore used blocks on a partition and is designed for higher compatibility of the file system by using existing libraries
28. partimage_0.6.8 - saves partitions having a supported filesystem on a sector basis to an image file.
29. pdfcrack_0.11 - simple tool for recovering passwords from pdf-documents.
30. putty_0.62 - Telnet/SSH client for X
31. rarcrack-0.2 - uses a bruteforce algorithm to find correct passwords for compressed archives (rar, 7z, zip)
32. recoverdm_0.20 - recover disks with bad sectors. You can recover files as well complete devices.
33. recoverjpeg-2.0 - A tool to recover lost files on damaged memory cards or USB drives
34. reglookup_0.12.0 - provides command line tools, a C API, and a Python module for accessing registry data structures. useful for forensic examiners
35. safecopy-1.7 - data recovery tool which tries to extract as much data as possible from a problematic (i.e. damaged sectors) source. Use with extreme caution as a last resort!!!
36. scalpel-2.0 - file carver
37. scroungeNTFS - Data recovery program for NTFS file systems. Reads each block of the hard disk to and retrieves rebuilds file system tree on another partition.
38. secure-delete_3.1-5 - can wipe files, free disk space, swap and memory
39. shed-1.15 - simple hex editor
40. Testdisk/Photorec-6.13 - recover lost partitions and make non-booting disks bootable again/data recovery software designed to recover lost files including photo, video, documents and archives
41. vattery-0.7.5 - replaces puppy's stock battery tray applet
42. wipe-2.3.1 - Secure file wiping utility
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=84162

[nubc]

PupRescue OS 2.5 apps list
1. Avast-1.30 (menu entry) (requires registration)
2. ICEWM (Default Window Manager)
3. Smartmontools (with gsmartcontrol gui) (menu entry)
4. bcwipe (command line)
5. chntpw (command line)
6. dares (command line)
7. dd_rescue (command line)
8. updated dosfs_tools (command line)
9. updated ms-sys (command line)
10. duff (command line)
11. dvdisaster (command line to start, has a gui)
12. dwipe (command line)
13. fatback (command line)
14. foremost (command line)
15. hdrecover (command line)
16. imagemagick (dependency)
17. lcrack (command line)
18. links (text web browser)
19. lshw (cli and gui)
20. magicrescue (command line)
21. manipulate_data (command line)
22. mbr (install-mbr) (command line)
23. mdadm (command line)
24. nwipe (command line)
25. partimage(with server support) (menu entry)
26. pdfcrack (command line)
27. perl core modules
28. Python
29. rarcrack (command line)
30. recoverdm (command line)
31. recoverjpeg (command line)
32. registry_tools (command line)
33. safecopy (command line)
34. scalpel (command line)
35. scroungeNTFS (command line)
36. scrub (command line)
37. secure_delete (command line)
38. shed (command line)
39. testdisk/photorec (menu entry)
40. wipe (command line)
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=69651

[Barkin]

ClamAV was included in comparative tests against other antivirus products. In the 2008 AV-Test it rated: on-demand: very poor, false positives: poor, on-access: poor, response time: very good, rootkits: very poor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clam_AntiVirus#Effectiveness

There are programs specifically to deal with rootkits , e.g. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rkhunter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chkrootkit

[nubc]

Here's another resource: 4MLinux 10.1 Rescue edition BETA
http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux4m/

The main features in this release are antivirus protection (Clam AntiVirus 0.98.4), system backup (4MLinux Backup Scripts 10.1), data recovery (GNU ddrescue 1.19, TestDisk 6.14 with QPhotoRec), data wiping (shred 8.23, nwipe 0.16), disk partitioning (cfdisk 2.25.1, cgdisk 0.8.10, GNU Parted 3.2), and partition imaging (Partimage 0.6.9, Partclone 0.2.70). Many archive formats can be managed via 7-Zip 9.22, FreeArc 0.67, and PeaZip 5.5.0. File managers (Midnight Commander 4.8.13, X File Explorer 1.37, muCommander 0.9.0), CD/DVD burners (cdw 0.8.0, InfraRecorder 0.53), and UNetbootin 608 are also included.

[Sylvander]

Now get avast4workstation-1.0.8.pet at...
http://www.ibm-pc.org/puppy/avast4workstation-1.0.8.pet
md5sum = 46c21dc2fad103a70697ba6dc2015fbb avast4workstation-1.0.8.pet
Thanks to perdido for hosting this PET file.
This is an on-demand virus scanner that works in Puppy Linux.
I like the way this works.

Register here for your FREE Avast 1-year license.

To eliminate the problem that happens when you attempt to update the Avast database [failure to update].
Add the following line of code: /sbin/sysctl -w kernel/shmmax=130000000
...To the file: /etc/rc.d/rc.local

[DPUP5520]

Hey there guys, sorry I haven't been active in a long time but i've been busy with work and my wife and daughter.
nubc as you can see from the apps lists that you yourself showed from PupRescue 2.5 and Precise both of those derivatives can do what you are looking for and far far more.
As for ClamAV a lot was improved since 2008, I've had very good results with it and rarely run into false positives, but yes it is very slow. The reason I didn't use Avast on the newer versions of PupRescue like the older versions is because Avast's licensing restrictions suck and because of the single user license every time you boot from ram you'd have to reenter the license, and then restart X to run the Avast fix after the license is put in, a huge pain.
Chkrootkit and RKhunter were not included specifically because they both ALWAYS show false positives in Puppy otherwise yes they are very good RK programs.
I am starting to gather updated source codes to start working on an updated PupRescue again but I still use PupRescue Precise daily in my side business and it hasn't failed me yet.

[nubc]

Just a thought, but perhaps if you gave your project a consistent, understandable (to the tech community) name, eg RescueDog, with variations based on the same name, this Puppy derivative might generate a bit of interest on DistroWatch, and bring some computer technicians (potiential new LXers) to this site. At least, it might be announced on DistroWatch. At present, it's not a distro recognized by DW.

There is a possible confusion in a name containing the word Rescue. Rescue can refer to a canine which has been saved from certain death at the local Dog Pound. In that context, I would say that RescueDog is somewhat more likely to be interpreted as the famous St Bernard helper, as opposed to RescuePup which tends to be the helpless Dog Pound refugee. If you use RescueDog along with the well-known Saint Bernard icon, this title would be more readily understandable to people who are not entirely familiar with Puppy Linux.