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Current Distros - Announcements
Slackware Interactive Boot Scripts IBS v12.0.0-6
get IBS here . This release brings slakbootIBS start-up scripts in sync with recent changes and additions in Slackware 12.0 current.
Current LinuxTheTools v0.7.7-4, text mode shell level administrator tools available for download
here.
Compact Flash Embedded Slackware v1.3.6-1 (Ready-to Burn) SDK updated, available for download
here.
Note: EBS v1.3.6-1 i486 (full set of 9 archives) is posted at our ftp site. This new release includes new kernels and 240x320 LCD touchscreen support.
Bandwidth Problems? downloading these 3 smaller archives directly from our ftp site: base, i486a1 and i486a2, is equivalent to getting the combined slakbootEBS-base+i486a archive.
README for slakbootEBS-current
If not using the EBS SDK and only downloading the premade v1.3.3 images, which can be installed with either burnit or dd, you will need both the boot and rootfs images. Note that the current SDK will generate new v1.3.6 images.
When installing EBS from distribution archives, make sure you run install.sh, because some files in the build directories might not have been extracted with the right permissions, for example slaketcs/i486/dev/*.
If you are downloading one of the embedded distribution Compact Flash Ready images, you will probably want
mntfimg
and probably the
burnit utility to install to Compact Flash.
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Home of VMiX slakboot Interactive Boot Scripts linuxTheTools slakboot Embedded Boot Scripts
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VMiX-x86 is a multiuser and multitasking operating system that resides on top of DOS. There are currently two supported versions of VMiX. Classic VMiX-386 (VMiX Version 2 tree) has a protected mode kernel embedded inside its executable. VMiX was created in the mid-80's and is still being used today. A new architecture (VMiX Version 3 tree) is being actively developed. The new VMiX 3 uses our new protected mode BABy Microkernel, but is still at the experimental stage, while the built-in protected mode debugger is completed.
There are now final VMiX releases in a combined bootable 1.44 floppy disk image that starts X-DOS and boots the BABy Microkernel and the VMiX v3.0.12-1 user runtime environment. The latest and more robust VMiX v2.9.9-1, which includes the microkernel & runtime in a single executable is also included, as an alternative.
VMiX DOS compatibility: VMiX is most reliable when running on top of MSDOS 5.0, 6.0 or 6.2, DRDOS 5.0 or 6.0 and XDOS 5.0
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slakbootIBS and linuxTheTools are two Linux packages.
The first, provides extended and interactive boot support for Slackware Linux and the second is a handy set of tools for any Linux System Administrator. You can browse their Man Pages here: IBS and LTT.
slakbootEBS is an Embedded Slackware Development System for creating 32 MB to 1 GB Compact Flash bootable root filesystems. Visit the embedded forum here:
FORUM, if you want to participate.
You can browse the Man Page here: EBS.
View the new updated unofficial Slackware Essentials Book Project
Here you will be able to browse the most current information for Slackware administrators and users.
SysDev has an active developer and support community. Please visit our forums
We hope you will enjoy using our Products & Tools.
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News: Embedded SlakbootEBS 1.3.6-1 Updated - 08/20/07
Posted by: Admin on Friday, February 13, 2004 - 07:26 PM
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Announcing the 16th release of the Embedded Slackware Development System.
Available at the Download Section!
Version 1.3.6-1 is the first release in this series.
SlakbootEBS is a binary rootfs distribution of directories and Linux files
(with a Slackware flavor) arranged as multiple architecture dependent
component trees and a set of build tools.
Currently, the uClibc and glibc i486 versions boot and run, with no known
major problems, at our customer test sites, on Soekris and Advantech boards.
The Arm version can be mounted as a Compact Flash and then chroot to it, on a
Sharp Zaurus type PDA's
Because of size of the FULL distribution, the sdk is divided into 1 base
archive plus 8 archives for EACH supported architecture (i486, pxa255,
uclibc_i486 and uclibc_pxa255).
For each architecture, there are 4 base archives (a, b, c and d). In addition,
there are currrently 4 add-on archives (Gcc Devel, Pixil PDA, Opie PDA and the
Wine compatibility layer for Windows apps).
To start creating your first SlakbootEBS compact flash, you need only to
download the slakbootEBS-1.3.6-base+i486a 12MB archive and have FUN burning a
Tiny system with the makeCF-Tiny script. However, to do a complete and
usefull 128MB Text Mode Compact Flash, you WILL NEED the slakbootEBS-1.3.6-i486b and
slakbootEBS-1.3.6-i486c archives. To add an X-Server and graphics apps,
you will also need the slakbootEBS-1.3.6-i486d archive.
The makeCF utility is an easy to use frontend to burnit, which is the automatic filesystem creator and bootstrapping utility. It allows CF
creation parametters to be easily selected and applied, while automaically
creating and burning the final image.
The Embedded SDK is intended to give an easy start for the design and creation
of root filesystems with a Slackware flavor.
Specifications:
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- 2.4.35 i486 Linux kernel - 900KB
- 2.6.22 FB i486 Linux kernel - 1300KB
- 2.4.18 pxa255 Linux kernel - 1005KB
- 2.6.19.1 FB pxa255 Linux kernel - 1300KB
- based on Slackware's glibc 2.3.4 distribution
- optional, Slackware's glibc 2.3.6 NPTL included
- optional, udev support included (devfs default)
- optional, uClibc 0.9.28 included
- slakbootEBS 1.3.6 /etc/rc.d boot scripts
- central boot configuration file, /etc/rc.d/rc.EBSconf
- optional BusyBox 1.2.0 shared binaries
- VGA or serial ANSI console
- Framebuffer GUI Desktop & Apps
- Pixil v1.2.3 PDA GUI 240x320 & Apps
- Opie v1.2.0 PDA GUI 240x320 & Apps
- Wine v0.9.31 Windows compatibility layer & Apps
- WMX v0.6 fallback default Desktop
- Tiny-X v3.3.6 server
- LibSDL graphic game support
- Samba 3.0.23 & NFSv3
- Text editors: brief, nano, vi
- dhcpd, dhex, dosemu 1.3.5 (i486 only), elm, httpd, iptables
- iptraf, lftp, elinks, lynx, mgetty, msmtp, mysql 5.0.24a, pppd
- proftpd, sendmail, sshd, termite
- makeCF and burnit utilities to simplify your life
- other tools & utilities
- /var logs and data redirected to /tmp (RAM)
- debug option for persistent log files to flash
- Up to 48MB configurable ramdrive for /tmp
- 32MB to1GB SAN (flash) bootable partition creation
Allows a binary rootfs image to be easily mounted on a development system,
using /usr/bin/mntfimg, for further customization. You can use the burnit
utility to move the image, in either direction, between development system
and flash card (mounted on a USB Compact Flash/SD reader). Burnit can create
a CF from binary directories or from binary image. It can also extract binary
images from an existing CF.
Click here to browse the contents of slakbootEBS-current...
DISTRIBUTION BASE ARCHIVES:
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- the base, architecture independent files (REQUIRED).
- Note: the base is available as single archive or combined with Part a
- the Intel 486 (a,b,c,d) architecture trees
(Part a REQUIRED).
additional Intel 486 components trees
(Parts b, c RECOMMENDED).
(Part d OPTIONAL X-Server/PHP).
- the uClibc/Busybox i486 (a,b,c,d) architecture trees
(Part a REQUIRED).
additional uClibc/Busybox i486 components trees
(Parts b, c RECOMMENDED).
(Part d OPTIONAL X-Server/PHP).
- the arm pxa255 (a,b,c,d) architecture trees
(Part a REQUIRED).
additional arm pxa255 components trees
(Parts b, c RECOMMENDED).
(Part d OPTIONAL X-Server'PHP).
SUBSYSTEM ARCHIVES:
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- Available for all architectures (gcc,opie,pixil,wine)
(gcc archive RECOMMENDED).
(opie/pixil PDA archives, either, RECOMMENDED).
(wine Windows compat archive OPTIONAL).
Read more to find out what you will need.
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News: slakbootIBS 12.0.0-2 RELEASED - 07/11/07
Posted by: Admin on Friday, October 03, 2003 - 10:50 AM
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New version 12.0.0 of the Interactive Boot Scripts for Slackware released! Brings several boot scripts in sync with additions and changes introduced in Slackware-Current.
Configuration script rc.IBSconf provides support to set the Ethernet Device speed, duplex mode and autonegotiate configuration. Additionally, supports MAC address spoofing, so that you will be able to connect to your Internet broadband provider with different ethernet cards using the desired MAC address.
A QUIETBOOT option was added to /etc/rc.d/rc.IBSconf. The option allows you to suppress all screen MSGS, starting at rc.S or at rc.M script execution. Support for ALSA sound, devfs, sysfs, udev and LVM's. Additional support for 2.6.x kernels. Updated firewalls. The default boot firewall state was changed from cleared to active. Firewall is auto started for PPP and DSL connections and now also for the local network. More smarts added to the install.sh program. Improved the hboot (hard-reboot or shutdown) script. Minor bug fixes. Expanded documentation and man pages.
IBS uses a single configuration file, /etc/rc.d/rc.IBSconf You must run install.sh program, after installpkg, this makes a backup and then modifies your current Slackware boot scripts. IBSCONFIG checklist provided for a quick start.
A four level layered architecture for SPAM filtering was added to the firewalls. The number of ethernet cards supported was increased to 3 plus 1 wireless.
Click here to browse the contents of
slakbootIBS-current...
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Distribution contains replacement Slackware boot scripts and a set of control & dispatching tools for booting with colorized interactive scripts. The new boot process allows the operator to select or skip start-up components during installation. It facilitates debuging of startup problems and allows operators
to maintain a common baseline to support multiple local configurations or support multiple servers with a single set of scripts.
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News: Slackware 12.0 RELEASED - 07/01/07
Posted by: Admin on Friday, October 03, 2003 - 09:50 AM
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Slackware
12.0 released
Announcement: The
First Slackware release since 2006, Slackware Linux 12.0 continues the long
Slackware tradition of simplicity, stability, and security.
Among the
many program updates and distribution enhancements, you'll find two of
the most advanced desktop environments available today: Xfce 4.4.1, a fast
and lightweight but visually appealing and easy to use desktop environment,
and KDE 3.5.7, the latest version of the award-winning K Desktop Environment.
Slackware uses the 2.6.21 kernel
bringing you advanced performance features such as the ReiserFS journaling
filesystem, SCSI and ATA RAID volume support, SATA support, and kernel
support for X DRI (the Direct Rendering Interface) that brings high-speed
hardware accelerated 3D graphics to Linux. Additional kernels allow installing
Slackware using any of the journaling filesystems available for Linux,
including ext3, ReiserFS, IBM's JFS, and SGI's XFS. For those Slackware
users who are anxious to try the new 2.6.x kernel series, it is fully supported
by the system. A precompiled Linux 2.6.21.5 kernel, modules, and source code
are provided (along with complete instructions on how to install the new
kernel).
From the beginning, Slackware has
offered a stable and secure Linux distribution for UNIX veterans as well
as an easy-to-use system for beginners. Slackware includes everything you'll
need to run a powerful server or workstation. Each Slackware package follows
the setup and installation instructions from its author(s) as closely as
possible, offering you the most stable and easily expandable setup.
Here are some of the advanced features
of Slackware 12.0:
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System binaries are linked with the
GNU C Library, version 2.5. This version of glibc also has excellent
compatibility with existing binaries.
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X11R7 Xorg server v1.3 This is the current release
of the X.Org Foundation's X Window System. The 1.3.0 version is a new release
that includes additional hardware support, functional enhancements and
bug fixes. Font rendering is improved yet again with recent versions of
fontconfig and freetype. Through the generosity of Bitstream, Inc., the
Vera truetype font family is included as well providing pleasing default
fonts out of the box.
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Support for fully encrypted network
connections with OpenSSL, OpenSSH, and GnuPG.
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Apache 2.2.4 web server with Dynamic
Shared Object (DSO) support, SSL, and PHP.
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Web browsers galore! Includes KDE's Konqueror 3.5.7, Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.2, and the immensely popular new Firefox 1.5.0.7 (as well as the Thunderbird email and news client with advanced junk mail filtering).
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Large repository of extra software packages
compiled and ready to run. This includes various window managers, support
for 3Dfx gaming cards, Qt Motif-3.3.6, the K3b CD burning application
for KDE, the Java(TM) 2 Software Development Kit Standard Edition, libsafe
(advanced buffer overflow protection for additional security), ISDN support,
additional 802.11 drivers, and much more (see the /extra directory).
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Another Slackware exclusive: Slackware's
ZipSlack installation option is the fastest, _easiest_ Linux installation
ever. ZipSlack provides a basic text-based Linux system as a 48 megabyte
ZIP archive. Simply unzip on any FAT or FAT32 partition, edit your boot
partition in the LINUX.BAT batch file, and you can be running Linux in
less than five minutes. The ZipSlack installation includes everything you
need to network with Linux (including Ethernet, token ring, and PPP), and
extend the system with additional software packages such as X. A ZipSlack
system will even fit on a Zip(TM) disk, so you can carry a personal Linux
system with you to run on any PC with a Zip(TM) drive.
Downloading Slackware 12.0:
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The full version of Slackware Linux
12.0 is available for download from the central Slackware FTP site hosted
by our friends at www.cwo.com:
The ZipSlack version of Slackware can
be downloaded from:
If this site is busy, see the list of
official mirror sites here:
Ordering Information:
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You can order online at the Slackware
Linux Store .
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News: BABy 1.0.x IA-32 Microkernel BETA Release
Posted by: Admin on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 09:21 PM
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1356 Reads
BABy (Basic Abstraction Block) is a 50Kb IA-32 microkernel. This PMode microkernel for DOS manages the x86 hardware interaction in a manner similar to Windows' HAL. BABy exports an extensive API via INT's 15h, 2Fh, and 31h.
The API provides services in 5 categories: I/O control, PMode domains, PMode services, Memory management and Virtual 86 mode. BABy can be used to provide PMode services to our shareware multiuser O/S, VMiX x86.
DPMS services via BAB services are not yet complete.
Distribution includes binaries, sources, makefiles, samples and API docs.
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News: linuxTheTools-0.7.7-4 UPGRADED - 12/01/07
Posted by: Admin on Saturday, April 19, 2003 - 03:07 PM
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1903 Reads
New version of our Linux Administrator tools (LTT) . Fixes bugs in the bakepkg utilities and updates the more than 50 utilities. The ftpwatch and fs file size utility were redesigned and upgraded with new options. New application shell2c, converts and compiles a shell script into a binary executable. Several bug fixes to the distribution archive producing utilities bakepkg, buildpkg and postpkg. Upgraded our application cloaking utility which hides the real process name from the Linux process tables and instead exposes a user selected fake name.
Release adds fixes & enhancements to the ddiff, emit, mntfimg, list, fs, and nfiles utilities. The 'list' any-arch utility adds support for both tar and ar compressed .ipk archives and fixes a .tar.bz2 bug. mntfimg can now also mount and umount cramfs and jffs2 file systems, as well as ext2 and fat32. Several options added to ddiff and now can compare only coexisting dirs or files on both trees.
Our console screen rendering tool, /bin/emit, has been totally upgraded. Greatly improved the emitdemo script, which can used as an example of how to write your own emit driven scripts. Emit has been tested with a normal 80x25 Linux text mode tty screen running bash, ash or zsh. It also can be used in graphics mode, in an xterm, rxvt or eterm shell window.
To allow implementing PPP dial-in support at your servers, a ready made mgetty v1.1.30 and working sample configuration files are included in this release.
Includes our banner advertisements redirector, that works in cunjunction with your local Apache http server to by-pass ad load times. This CGI script just routes adserver page requests to your local http server, which just nulls out the banner ad URL. Includes an Internet crawler for harvesting URL links, a new ftpwatch local or remote server monitoring utility and upgrades our handy loop device utility for mounting and accessing files containing file system images.
startX, will work correctly on non-Slackware Linux distros. Fixes minor bugs in other utilities. Continued enhancements and updates to the iptables and ipchains firewalls. Expanded documentation and man pages, updated firewalls. This release brings the total essential administrator tools included in a single distribution to more than 50 shell utilities.
Click here to browse the contents of linuxTheTools-current...
Eventhough, TheTools will operate with many Linux distros including RedHat, SuSE, Debian and Mandrake, they are a complementary package to our current slakbootIBS boot scripts for Slackware 7 - 12.
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