Comments for tomsrtbt
This tool is indispensable!
tomsrtbt is a great tool for saving messed up comps
It definately saved my ass!!
Best Multiplatform Admin Tool!
Thanks for the great recovery tool! I use it to repair many different OSs' problems and have been using it for a couple of years now and always have a loaded disk handy.
When ever someone asks how to fix a broken OS, I send them your way, or give them tomsrtbt already on floppy.
Thanks again Tom!
cool rescue disk
Thanks,
I was able to modify my hard drive contents when Redhat won't let my computer boot, because I messed with the kernel to allow undeleting of programs. Only a simple mistake in the fsck's command option, cause Redhat to bulk, and load the file system in read mode only : (, so no modifications to fix the system can be done. Thanks to this rescue disk, I was able to fix the problem in minutes.
thanks again,
Quan
ghosts and goblins
Several months ago we needed a way to back up Windows 95/98 boxes so that we could quickly restore them in the event of an operator (or Windows) error. The hard drives are big enough to store a compressed image on a separate partition so we didn't have to worry about networking issues. (Each computer is slightly different anyway so it is a nightmare either way :-)
A program like GHOST, however was not in our budget, so I turned to single-floppy distributions for help. After some research I decided to use tomsrtbt, and it turned out to be a great solution.
It's not elegant (yet) and I've only done one revision, but it has a nice little name - GOBLIN - Ghost, Only Better, for LINux. Thanks Tom!!
sweet
I have been using it faithfuly for over a year now and it has saved my ass many times. This is *the* best 1 disk distro for recovery. I have used it to repair many windows computers.
I had a friend that lost everything on his computer. He had no drivers for hes CD-ROM or anything. Windows refussed to boot of the CD, So, I used this disk to copy the files needed to boot up the first time.
tomsrtbt
This little floppy has saved my ass more times than I can count. Good work, Tom!
Peace,
Swabbie
Great util
Very nicely done, makes use of a lot of devious tricks and somehow gets away with all of them. The best rescue disk I've seen yet.
Be sure you use floppies in good repair -- that 1,722k formatting isn't forgiving on disks dug up from the bottom of one's desk.
tomsrtbt bootable from usb floppy
Not sure if this project is still active.
Several years ago, there were some posts about wanting to be able to boot a tomsrtbt from usb floppy. I didn't see any definitive answer although many suggestions. I made a working one recently, based on kernel 2.2.26.
It boots ok from my TEAC FD-05PUB via an uhci controller. I had to make several mods to the linux kernel (both in usb-uhci and in the ramdisk load init) and also change the tomsrtbt settings (settings.s and the lilo boot parms) to suit a removable scsi device.
If anyone else still interested after all these years, ask and I can provide more information.
John