Recovery Linux

Introduction

RecoverLinux is a free tool for Windows that will create a bootable USB drive that contains FreeDos and Linux, all in one click and under 2.5Mb! The USB drive can still be used for files, and is useful as an emergency recovery tool. Check the Official Home Page for the most up to date information.

Download

RecoveryLinux.zip (2502kb) - A zip file which contains the neccesary tools to create a bootable FreeDos+Linux USB drive from Windows.

Help

How to create the bootable USB disk

Insert the USB disk, and ensure there is nothing on there you need (all data on the USB disk will be wiped)

Download RecoveryLinuz.zip and unzip to a directory, then run Install.bat

Select which drive letter the USB disk is on (this is shown in My Computer)

How to run the USB disk

Insert the USB disk

Restart the computer

If the computer is set to load from the hard drive before the USB disk you will need to enter BIOS setup (normally by pressing Delete or F12 at startup) and change the boot order.

If succesful you will be shown a menu of tools you can load

Features

A DOS and Linux system in a 2.5MB zip file!

You can continue to use your USB disk to store files

Network support

A large amount of recovery programs

Free-Dos programs:
add append assign attrib bookshlf bootfix callver cd2iso86 chkdsk choice cmd8086 command comp cpulevel ctmouse cwsdpmi debug defrag deltree devload diskcomp diskcopy display dosfsck drvon du edit edlin emm386 fc fdapm fdisk fdpkg find fips format freetest getline graph-hp graphin graph-ps help himem iniadd keyb label lbacache lfn2sfn loadlin locate md5sum mem mode more move oscheck part partsimp pbatch pg replace rerror restorrb ripcord sfn2lfn share shfdrv76 shsuchdld shsucdx spfdisk svtxt sys tickle tree unzip whichfat xcopy xdel xmssize zapit

Asm-Linux programs:
arch basename cal cat ccd cda2raw chmod chown chroot chvt cmp cp cpuinfo cpuspeed cut date dc dd deallocvt deflate df dirname dmesg domainname du echo eject env extname factor false fdisk finger fingerd free fromdos ftpd getty gi grep halt head hexdump host hostname httpd (532 bytes, the worlds' smallest http server) id idea ifconfig inflate init kill killall killall5 ksyms less ln ls lsmod lsusb lzss m_inetd md5 md5sum mesg mkdir mkfifo mkfs.minix mknod mkswap more mount mv nc netstat nice nm nohup od paste pidof ping pop3d poweroff proxy ps pwd rc6crypt readelf readkey readlink reboot renice rm rmdir rmdsum rmmod rot13 route scan scons sh sha1sum size sleep sln softdog strings swapoff swapon sync sysctl tail tar tee telnet telnetd test todos touch tr true truss tty umount uname update uptime users usleep uuencode watch wc wget which whoami write yes fire256 game hdragon leaves mandelbrot snake window

License

Recovery Linux uses code from:

FreeDos

A-Linux
It also uses the HP USB tool to format USB drives.
Code that I have written is released under the GPL, the rest under their respective licenses.
This program is supplied with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, and by its use you agree to hold me to no accountability for harm it may cause. In particular, be careful to write to your USB drive, not your hard drive.

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