============================================================================== Making Search and Rescue Disks Karel Kubat karel@icce.rug.nl ============================================================================== Heia, This is my SAR (Search And Rescue) set for Linux systems. It contains a simple shell script which creates a SAR floppy, to be used in the case of an emergency. The script depends on a number of definition files (which must be configured prior to usage), and is therefore -at least in my opinion- flexible enough to suit different sites / systems. Furthermore this set includes a number of `handy' utilities (well, handy in my opinion..), such as LILO and sash. LILO is the Linux Loader, and is used to make a floppy bootable. Sash is David I. Bell's (dbell@pdact.pd.necisa.oz.au) excellent command interpreter shell with a lot of built-in commands (cp, ln, etc.) which, when contained in the shell, need not be copied to the SAR floppy. Why use SAR, and not other resue packages? First of all, this package makes a bootable rescue floppy using the *current* kernel, with its *current* settings such as the video mode, with its *current* compiled-in support for your devices. Second, this package depends on configuration files, which can be adapted to suit your needs. Third, I've spent a lot of work creating a bootable set which is as small as possible. I think I've succeeded well enough, so that the SAR floppy has some space left for your extra programs which you need to access your backup medium. The SAR set can be obtained at beatrix.icce.rug.nl (129.125.14.131) using anonymous ftp. It is located as an archive SAR-X.YY.tar.gz in the directory pub/unix, where X.YY is the version number of the archive. The set may furthermore be available at the Linux sites sunsite.unc.edu (systems/Recovery) and tsx-11.mit.edu; though I have no idea when. When unpacked, SAR-X.YY.tar.gz yields a subdirectory SAR-disk/ where all files are placed. To install, changedir to an appropriate directory (/conf is suggested) and unpack the archive. The full documentation is in SAR-disk/doc/SAR.tex, a LaTeX-able file. LaTeX it, print it and READ IT CAREFULLY! If you don't have LaTeX, just read it in the raw format and pretend not to see the LaTeX commands. If you like my SAR set, tell your friends about it. If you *really* like it, send a postcard to: K. Kubat ICCE k.312 Westerhaven 16 9718 AW Groningen, The Netherlands. If you don't like it, tough.