LiveCDs

These CDs were built with the intent to help people have a fast, reliable, small recovery disk in case they use Reiser4 as a main filesystem. The release was born and is intended for power users, that is: users that know how to deal with the commandline tools (and also users who don’t but wish to learn).

I won’t be offering support forums (at least for now) and I won’t be accepting incoming requests about “how do I…?”. There is **plenty** of documentation available on all of the features that are included in this release. Thus, when highlighting features, known bugs, packages, etc. I’ll focus on things that are specific of this release, that is: things that you won’t find elsewhere.

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Release (digest)

Current feature set

Key features

  • 2.6.33.1 kernel + reiser4
  • gcc 4.4.3
  • glibc-2.11-r1
  • linux-headers-2.6.33
  • TrueCrypt 6.3a

Filesystem tools

  • sys-fs/dosfstools
  • sys-fs/e2fsprogs
  • sys-fs/evms
  • sys-fs/hfsutils
  • sys-fs/lvm2
  • sys-fs/ntfsprogs
  • sys-fs/jfsutils
  • sys-fs/reiser4progs
  • sys-fs/reiserfsprogs
  • sys-fs/xfsprogs
  • sys-fs/xfsdump
  • sys-fs/ecryptfs-utils
  • sys-fs/btrfs-progs

Applications

  • app-admin/testdisk
  • app-arch/p7zip
  • app-arch/pbzip2
  • app-arch/xz-utils
  • app-misc/dtach
  • app-misc/screen
  • app-misc/secure-delete
  • app-misc/wipe
  • sys-apps/usbutils
  • sys-boot/grub

Monitoring

  • app-admin/hddtemp
  • net-analyzer/bmon
  • net-analyzer/iftop
  • net-analyzer/packit
  • net-analyzer/tcptrack
  • net-wireless/wavemon
  • sys-apps/pv
  • sys-apps/smartmontools
  • sys-power/acpitool
  • sys-power/powertop
  • sys-process/acct
  • sys-process/atop
  • sys-process/iotop
  • sys-process/htop
  • sys-process/latencytop

Networking

  • net-analyzer/tcptraceroute
  • net-analyzer/traceroute

Changelog

10th release (2015-11-14)

  • 4.2.6 kernel + reiser4 patch and btrfs delayed references patch (necessary for balance to work)
  • gcc-4.9.3
  • glibc 2.22-r1
  • linux-headers 4.3
  • Drivers:
    • added F2FS support
    • ndiswrapper still left out, no updates to ndiswrapper since 28/11/2013 – I didn’t even try compiling it
  • Added packages (miscellaneous forensic tools + ncdu)
    • app-forensics/cmospwd
    • app-forensics/examiner
    • app-forensics/foremost
    • app-forensics/lynis
    • app-forensics/mac-robber
    • app-forensics/magicrescue
    • app-forensics/memdump
    • app-forensics/scalpel
    • app-forensics/sleuthkit
    • app-forensics/volatility
    • app-forensics/yasat
    • app-forensics/zzuf
    • app-crypt/nasty
    • sys-block/whdd
    • sys-fs/ncdu
  • Removed packages:
    • sys-fs/xfsdump fails to compile due to locale settings, will probably be re-added in the next release

9th release (2013-02-07)

  • 3.11.10 kernel + reiser4 patch
  • gcc-4.8.2
  • glibc 2.17
  • linux-headers 3.12
  • Drivers:
    • added zfs filesystem support
    • ndiswrapper suspended/removed: not compatible with linux 3.11 as of build date (still 1.58 in portage)
    • gfs2-utils: libdlm generates conflicts with kernel headers at compile-time
  • Other notes:
    • back to selective unmask of packages (no more ~arch)
    • amd64 version only: less troubleshooting time, may re-add x86 version upon request

8th release (2011-03-04)

  • 2.6.37.2 kernel + reiser4
  • gcc-4.5.2
  • glibc 2.13-r1
  • linux-headers 2.6.36.1
  • Drivers:
    • NTFS in-kernel driver disabled, only ntfs3g support is now available
  • Other notes:
    • full ~arch build (instead of selective unmasking)
    • dev-util/metro is used for building the stages (instead of catalyst)
    • final strip phase disabled (except for /usr/portage and /usr/src): fully working stage3 setup + additional packages (about +100Mb per-CD)
    • versioning modified: now the release gets versioned with the release date

7th release (2010-03-16)

  • 2.6.33.1 kernel + reiser4
  • gcc 4.4.3
  • glibc 2.11-r1
  • linux-headers 2.6.33
  • TrueCrypt 6.3a
  • Added packages:
    • app-arch/pbzip2
    • app-arch/xz-utils
    • app-misc/dtach
    • app-misc/screen
    • app-misc/secure-delete
    • sys-process/acct
    • sys-process/atop
  • Drivers:
    • Re-added acx, acx-firmware, madwifi-ng, madwifi-ng-tools
  • Other notes:
    • btrfs-progs is a live snapshot and contains some fixes for the subvolume management (as far as I know, subvolume support is still incomplete)

6th release (2009-09-14)

  • 2.6.31 kernel + reiser4
  • gcc 4.4.1
  • glibc-2.10.1
  • linux-headers-2.6.30-r1
  • TrueCrypt 6.2a
  • “Suspended” drivers:
    • acx, acx-firmware

5th release (2009-04-07)

  • 2.6.29.1 kernel + reiser4
  • gcc 4.3.3-r2
  • glibc-2.9_p20081201-r2
  • linux-headers-2.6.28-r1
  • TrueCrypt 6.0a
  • Added Packages:
    • sys-fs/xfsdump
    • sys-fs/ecryptfs-utils
    • sys-fs/btrfs-progs
  • “Suspended” drivers:
    • madwifi-ng (modded the ebuild to compile against 2.6.29.1, but the new kernel release has changed internal structures -> avoiding to fix with broken hand-made patches)
    • madwifi-ng-tools (without madwifi-ng makes no sense)
  • Other notes:
    • btrfs has been included, along with the associated btrfs-progs package

4th release (2008-12-20)

  • 2.6.27.10 kernel + reiser4
  • gcc 4.3.2
  • glibc-2.9_p20081201
  • linux-headers-2.6.27-r2
  • Added packages:
    • app-admin/hddtemp
    • app-admin/testdisk
    • net-analyzer/bmon
    • net-analyzer/packit
    • net-analzer/tcptrack
    • net-wireless/wavemon
    • sys-apps/pv
    • sys-apps/smartmontools
    • sys-process/iotop
  • Added drivers:
    • madwifi-ng
    • madwifi-ng-tools
  • Removed drivers:
    • ipw3945: latest version does not compile against 2.6.27, the driver has been deprecated in favor of iwlwifi driver mantained by the kernel team
  • Other notes
    • keymap selection at boot has been fixed: it was my fault when writing the spec files, I did not realize the connection between the keymaps/consolefont init scripts and the impossibility to keep the selected keymap, that is done earlier at boot (even before rc scripts)
    • madwifi-ng has been reintegrated upon request

3rd release (2008-09-15)

  • 2.6.26.5 kernel + reiser4
  • gcc 4.3.1-r1
  • glibc-2.7-r2
  • linux-headers-2.6.26
  • Added packages:
    • app-arch/p7zip
    • sys-boot/grub
    • sys-power/acpitool
  • Removed drivers:
    • madwifi-ng / madwifi-ng-tools (ath5k is enough mature and madwifi-ng-0.9.4 doesn’t compile against 2.6.26)
  • Changes over default configuration:
    • e2fsprogs 1.41.1 (with subsequent dependencies: e2fslibs, com_err, ss)
  • Other notes:
    • e2fsprogs is included also in stage3, that means you’ll have to unmask that also to prevent downgrades (deps also)

2nd release (2008-06-16)

  • 2.6.25-reiser4-r5 (based upon 2.6.25.6, don’t let the name mislead you)
  • gcc 4.3.1
  • glibc-2.7-r2
  • linux-headers-2.6.25-r4
  • modularized whole PATA/SATA stuff (pay attention to new drivers naming scheme if you can’t find your drive)
  • added all new drivers that have been included in the kernel
  • madwifi-ng does work fine (tested)
  • Added packages:
    • net-analyzer/iftop
    • sys-power/powertop
    • sys-process/latencytop
  • Added drivers:
    • madwifi-ng (latest unstable)
    • madwifi-ng-tools (latest unstable)

1st release (2008-03-23)

  • Added drivers:
    • net-wireless/acx
    • net-wireless/acx-firmware (custom ov. ebuild)
    • sys-fs/dmraid
    • sys-fs/ntfs3g (latest unstable)
  • Added packages:
    • app-crypt/truecrypt
    • app-misc/wipe
    • net-misc/rsync
    • net-wireless/ndiswrapper
    • sys-apps/usbutils
    • sys-fs/hfsutils
    • sys-fs/parted
    • sys-process/htop
  • SCSI emulation, SCSI support and all RAID types are builtin (of course with raid targets support) * reiser4-sources 2.6.24-r4
  • gcc 4.2.3 (unstable)