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December 25th, 2007820 Appendix A . Media using the Gentoo CD to install Gentoo on your computer. The procedure described in that chapter has you building much of the Gentoo operating system from scratch, specifically for your computer hardware, and downloading needed packages from the Internet. Damn Small Linux Damn Small Linux is set up to boot directly from the CD that accompanies this book. We have also included an ISO image of Damn Small Linux on the same CD that can fit on a mini-CD (less than 50MB). This distribution illustrates how a useful desktop Linux distribution, which includes full network connectivity and some useful productivity applications, can fit in a very small space. Information on burning the Damn Small Linux distribution to CD appears later in this appendix. See Chapter 19 for information on using Damn Small Linux. Inside Security Rescue Toolkit Inside Security Rescue Toolkit (INSERT) is a small, bootable Linux distribution that contains a variety of useful tools for checking, repairing, and recovering computers and networks. INSERT is small enough to fit on a bootable business card CD or mini- CD. While many of its tools are text-based, INSERT includes a simple graphical interface (using X and FluxBox window manager) and a few graphical tools. An ISO image of INSERT is on the CD that comes with this book. Information on burning INSERT to CD appears later in this appendix. Refer to Chapter 19 for descriptions of what s inside INSERT. System Rescue CD Like INSERT, System Rescue CD is a bootable Linux that includes a variety of tools for checking and fixing your installed computer systems. It includes tools for managing and fixing file systems, checking for viruses, monitoring the network, and checking whether a machine has been hacked. Find the System Rescue CD ISO image on the CD that comes with this book. Descriptions later in this appendix provide information about burning CDs from the images with this book. Refer to Chapter 19 for further information about System Rescue CD. Coyote Linux Although not considered a major Linux distribution, Coyote Linux is an excellent illustration of a useful Linux distribution that fits on a floppy disk (1.4MB). You can
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