welcome to livarp-rescue.

livarp-rescue is a livecd based on livarp_0.4 Debian GNU/Linux built for disk and network diagnosis and data recovery.

livarp-rescue is built for advanced users knowing howto administer a sytem..

note that livarp-rescue includes non-free sources to run on most machine/system.

  • os: Debian Wheezy
  • window-manager: ratpoison / dvtm
  • file-manager: rox-filer / ranger / mc
  • web-browser: links2 / xlinks2
  • editors: nano / vim / geany
  • viewers: epdfview / gpicview
  • terminal: urxvtcd
  • shell: zsh by default
  • ....

and a suite of tools for diagnosis and data recovery on Linux/m$/mac. here is the main installed package list:

# Name                               # Version                          # Description
############################################################################################################################################
accountsservice                      0.6.21-8                           query and manipulate user account information
acpi                                 1.6-1                              displays information on ACPI devices
adduser                              3.113+nmu3                         add and remove users and groups
adns-tools                           1.4-2                              Asynchronous-capable DNS client library and utilities
aide                                 0.15.1-8                           Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment - static binary
analog                               2:6.0-19.1                         web server log analyzer
arandr                               0.1.6-1                            Simple visual front end for XRandR
arpalert                             2.0.11-7.1                         monitor ARP changes in ethernet networks
arping                               2.11-1                             sends IP and/or ARP pings (to the MAC address)
arpwatch                             2.1a15-1.2                         Ethernet/FDDI station activity monitor
autopsy                              2.24-1                             graphical interface to SleuthKit
bc                                   1.06.95-2                          The GNU bc arbitrary precision calculator language
blktool                              4-6.1                              tune low-level block device parameters
bmon                                 2.0.1-3                            portable bandwidth monitor and rate estimator
bonnie++                             1.96                               Hard drive benchmark suite.
bridge-utils                         1.5-6                              Utilities for configuring the Linux Ethernet bridge
bsdmainutils                         9.0.3                              collection of more utilities from FreeBSD
bsdutils                             1:2.20.1-5.3                       Basic utilities from 4.4BSD-Lite
btrfs-tools                          0.19+20120328-7.1                  Checksumming Copy on Write Filesystem utilities
build-essential                      11.5                               Informational list of build-essential packages
cabextract                           1.4-3                              Microsoft Cabinet file unpacker
calcurse                             2.9.2-1                            text-based calendar and todo manager
catfish                              0.3.2-2                            file search tool that support several different engines
chkrootkit                           0.49-4.1                           rootkit detector
chrootuid                            1.3-6                              Run commands in restricted environments
clamav                               0.97.8+dfsg-1                      anti-virus utility for Unix - command-line interface
clamtk                               4.41-1                             graphical front-end for ClamAV
claws-mail                           3.8.1-2                            Fast, lightweight and user-friendly GTK2 based email client
cpio                                 2.11+dfsg-0.1                      GNU cpio -- a program to manage archives of files
cpuburn                              1.4a-3                             Collection of programs to put heavy load on CPU
cpuid                                3.3-9                              Intel and AMD x86 CPUID display program
crashme                              2.4-9                              Stress tests operating system stability
cryptcat                             20031202-4                         A lightweight version netcat extended with twofish encryption
cryptsetup                           2:1.4.3-4                          disk encryption support - startup scripts
curl                                 7.26.0-1+wheezy2                   command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax
dar                                  2.4.5.debian.1-1                   Disk ARchive: Backup directory tree and files
dbench                               4.0-2                              The dbench (disk) and tbench (TCP) benchmarks
debianutils                          4.3.2                              Miscellaneous utilities specific to Debian
denyhosts                            2.6-10                             Utility to help sys admins thwart SSH crackers
dfc                                  2.5.0-1                            display file system usage using graph and colors
diffutils                            1:3.2-6                            File comparison utilities
directvnc                            0.7.7-1                            VNC client using the framebuffer as display
discover                             2.1.2-5.2                          hardware identification system
disktype                             9-1                                detection of content format of a disk or disk image
dmidecode                            2.11-9                             SMBIOS/DMI table decoder
dmraid                               1.0.0.rc16-4.2                     Device-Mapper Software RAID support tool
dmsetup                              2:1.02.74-7                        Linux Kernel Device Mapper userspace library
dnstracer                            1.9-4                              trace DNS queries to the source
dnsutils                             1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu2             Clients provided with BIND
doscan                               0.3.1-3                            port scanner for discovering services on large networks
dosfstools                           3.0.13-1                           utilities for making and checking MS-DOS FAT filesystems
dsniff                               2.4b1+debian-22                    Various tools to sniff network traffic for cleartext insecurities
dtrx                                 6.6-1.1                            intelligently extract multiple archive types
dump                                 0.4b44-1                           4.4bsd dump and restore for ext2 filesystems
duplicity                            0.6.18-3                           encrypted bandwidth-efficient backup
dvd+rw-tools                         7.1-10                             DVD+-RW/R tools
dvtm                                 0.6-1                              Tiling window management for the console
e2fslibs:i386                        1.42.5-1.1                         ext2/ext3/ext4 file system libraries
e2fsprogs                            1.42.5-1.1                         ext2/ext3/ext4 file system utilities
epdfview                             0.1.8-3                            Lightweight pdf viewer based on poppler libs
etherwake                            1.09-3                             A little tool to send magic Wake-on-LAN packets
ethstatus                            0.4.3                              console-based ethernet statistics monitor
ethtool                              1:3.4.2-1                          display or change Ethernet device settings
fail2ban                             0.8.6-3wheezy1                     ban hosts that cause multiple authentication errors
fakeroot                             1.18.4-2                           tool for simulating superuser privileges
feh                                  2.3-2                              imlib2 based image viewer
ffmpeg                               6:0.8.6-1                          Multimedia player, server, encoder and transcoder (transitional package)
file                                 5.11-2                             Determines file type using "magic" numbers
file-roller                          3.4.2-1                            archive manager for GNOME
filezilla                            3.5.3-2                            Full-featured graphical FTP/FTPS/SFTP client
findutils                            4.4.2-4                            utilities for finding files--find, xargs
fping                                3.2-1                              sends ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts
fsarchiver                           0.6.15-1                           file system archiver
fslint                               2.42-2                             Utility collection to find and fix common errors in file storage
ftp                                  0.17-27                            classical file transfer client
fwanalog                             0.6.9-6.2                          firewall log-file report generator (using analog)
fwlogwatch                           1.2-2                              Firewall log analyzer
gawk                                 1:4.0.1+dfsg-2.1                   GNU awk, a pattern scanning and processing language
gcr                                  3.4.1-3                            GNOME crypto services (daemon and tools)
gdb                                  7.4.1+dfsg-0.1                     The GNU Debugger
gdbserver                            7.4.1+dfsg-0.1                     The GNU Debugger (remote server)
gddrescue                            1.16-1                             GNU data recovery tool
geany                                1.22+dfsg-2                        fast and lightweight IDE
genisoimage                          9:1.1.11-2                         Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem images
geoip-bin                            1.4.8+dfsg-3                       IP lookup command line tools that use the GeoIP library
gfortran                             4:4.7.2-1                          GNU Fortran 95 compiler
gnat                                 4.6                                GNU Ada compiler
gnupg                                1.4.12-7                           GNU privacy guard - a free PGP replacement
gparted                              0.12.1-2                           GNOME partition editor
gpgv                                 1.4.12-7                           GNU privacy guard - signature verification tool
gpicview                             0.2.3-2                            lightweight image viewer
gpm                                  1.20.4-6                           General Purpose Mouse interface
grdesktop                            0.23+d040330-3                     GNOME frontend for the rdesktop client
grep                                 2.12-2                             GNU grep, egrep and fgrep
growisofs                            7.1-10                             DVD+-RW/R recorder
gzip                                 1.5-1.1                            GNU compression utilities
hardinfo                             0.5.1-1.2                          Displays system information
hddtemp                              0.3-beta15-52                      hard drive temperature monitoring utility
hdparm                               9.39-1+b1                          tune hard disk parameters for high performance
hexedit                              1.2.12-4                           view and edit files in hexadecimal or in ASCII
hfsplus                              1.0.4-12                           Tools to access HFS+ formatted volumes
hfsutils                             3.2.6-11                           Tools for reading and writing Macintosh volumes
hostapd                              1:1.0-3+b1                         user space IEEE 802.11 AP and IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP Authenticator
hostname                             3.11                               utility to set/show the host name or domain name
hp-search-mac                        0.1.3                              Search for a MAC address on HP switches
hping3                               3.a2.ds2-6                         Active Network Smashing Tool
html2text                            1.3.2a-15                          advanced HTML to text converter
htop                                 1.0.1-1                            interactive processes viewer
httping                              1.5.3-1                            ping-like program for http-requests
hwinfo                               16.0-2.2                           Hardware identification system
icmpinfo                             1.11-7                             Interpret ICMP messages
icmpush                              2.2-6                              ICMP packet builder
ifstat                               1.1-8                              InterFace STATistics Monitoring
iftop                                1.0~pre2-3                         displays bandwidth usage information on an network interface
ifupdown                             0.7.8                              high level tools to configure network interfaces
ipcalc                               0.41-2.1                           parameter calculator for IPv4 addresses
iproute                              20120521-3+b3                      networking and traffic control tools
iptables                             1.4.14-3.1                         administration tools for packet filtering and NAT
iputils-ping                         3:20101006-1+b1                    Tools to test the reachability of network hosts
isc-dhcp-client                      4.2.2.dfsg.1-5+deb70u3             ISC DHCP client
lft                                  2.2-4                              layer-four traceroute
lftp                                 4.3.6-1+deb7u1                     Sophisticated command-line FTP/HTTP client programs
links2                               2.7-1                              Web browser running in both graphics and text mode
linux-wlan-ng                        0.2.9+dfsg-5                       utilities for wireless prism2 cards
lm-sensors                           1:3.3.2-2                          utilities to read temperature/voltage/fan sensors
logrotate                            3.8.1-4                            Log rotation utility
lshw                                 02.16-1                            information about hardware configuration
lsof                                 4.86+dfsg-1                        Utility to list open files
ltrace                               0.5.3-2.1                          Tracks runtime library calls in dynamically linked programs
lvm2                                 2.02.95-7                          Linux Logical Volume Manager
lwatch                               0.6-1                              Simple log colorizer
lxappearance                         0.5.2-1                            LXDE GTK+ theme switcher
macchanger                           1.5.0-9                            utility for manipulating the MAC address of network interfaces
macchanger-gtk                       1.1-4                              a GTK+ interface for GNU/MACchanger
magicrescue                          1.1.8-1                            recovers files by looking for magic bytes
mailutils                            1:2.99.97-3                        GNU mailutils utilities for handling mail
mawk                                 1.3.3-17                           a pattern scanning and text processing language
mbr                                  1.1.11-5+b1                        Master Boot Record for IBM-PC compatible computers.
mc                                   3:4.8.3-10                         Midnight Commander - a powerful file manager
mcelog                               1.0~pre3-72-gcbd4da4-1             x86 Machine Check Exceptions collector and decoder
mdadm                                3.2.5-5                            tool to administer Linux MD arrays (software RAID)
medusa                               2.0-3.1                            fast, parallel, modular, login brute-forcer for network services
memtest86+                           4.20-1.1                           thorough real-mode memory tester
mg                                   20110905-1.1                       microscopic GNU Emacs-style editor
mii-diag                             2.11-3+b1                          A little tool to manipulate network cards
moc                                  1:2.5.0~alpha4+svn20120224-1       ncurses based console audio player
moreutils                            0.47                               additional Unix utilities
most                                 5.0.0a-2.1                         Pager program similar to more and less
mplayer2                             2.0-554-gf63dbad-1+b1              next generation movie player for Unix-like systems
mscompress                           0.3-4                              Microsoft "compress.exe/expand.exe" compatible (de)compressor
mtools                               4.0.17-1                           Tools for manipulating MSDOS files
mtr-tiny                             0.82-3                             Full screen ncurses traceroute tool
multiarch-support                    2.13-38                            Transitional package to ensure multiarch compatibility
multitail                            5.2.9-1                            view multiple logfiles windowed on console
nano                                 2.2.6-1+b1                         small, friendly text editor inspired by Pico
nast                                 0.2.0-6                            packet sniffer and lan analyzer
nbtscan                              1.5.1-6                            A program for scanning networks for NetBIOS name information
ncdu                                 1.8-1                              ncurses disk usage viewer
ncftp                                2:3.2.5-1.1                        User-friendly and well-featured FTP client
ndisc6                               1.0.1-1+b1                         IPv6 diagnostic tools
ndisgtk                              0.8.5-1                            graphical frontend for ndiswrapper (installation of Windows WiFi drivers)
net-tools                            1.60-24.2                          The NET-3 networking toolkit
netbase                              5.0                                Basic TCP/IP networking system
netcat                               1.10-40                            TCP/IP swiss army knife -- transitional package
netcat-traditional                   1.10-40                            TCP/IP swiss army knife
netdiscover                          0.3beta6+20080409-5                active/passive network address scanner using arp requests
netmask                              2.3.12                             helps determine network masks
netpipe-tcp                          3.7.2-7                            Network performance tool using the TCP protocol
netselect                            0.3.ds1-25                         speed tester for choosing a fast network server
network-manager                      0.9.4.0-10                         network management framework (daemon and userspace tools)
nfs-common                           1:1.2.6-3                          NFS support files common to client and server
ngrep                                1.45.ds2-12                        grep for network traffic
nilfs-tools                          2.1.3-1                            Continuous Snapshotting Log-structured Filesystem
nload                                0.7.4-1                            realtime console network usage monitor
nmap                                 6.00-0.3                           The Network Mapper
nsca                                 2.9.1-2                            Nagios service monitor agent
nsca-client                          2.9.1-2                            Nagios service monitor agent - client package
nstreams                             1.0.3-2+b1                         network streams - a tcpdump output analyzer
ntfs-3g                              1:2012.1.15AR.5-2.1                read/write NTFS driver for FUSE
ntfsprogs                            1:2012.1.15AR.5-2.1                read/write NTFS driver for FUSE (transitional package)
ntpdate                              1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-2                  client for setting system time from NTP servers
openssh-client                       1:6.0p1-4                          secure shell (SSH) client, for secure access to remote machines
openssh-server                       1:6.0p1-4                          secure shell (SSH) server, for secure access from remote machines
openssl                              1.0.1e-2                           Secure Socket Layer (SSL) binary and related cryptographic tools
openvpn                              2.2.1-8                            virtual private network daemon
os-prober                            1.58                               utility to detect other OSes on a set of drives
p0f                                  2.0.8-2                            Passive OS fingerprinting tool
p7zip-full                           9.20.1~dfsg.1-4                    7z and 7za file archivers with high compression ratio
packit                               1.0-2                              Network Injection and Capture
par2                                 0.4-11                             Parity Archive Volume Set, for checking and repair of files
parprouted                           0.70-1                             transparent IP (Layer 3) proxy ARP bridging tool
partimage                            0.6.8-2.2                          backup partitions into a compressed image file
pciutils                             1:3.1.9-6                          Linux PCI Utilities
pm-utils                             1.4.1-9                            utilities and scripts for power management
portsentry                           1.2-13                             Portscan detection daemon
ppp                                  2.4.5-5.1+b1                       Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) - daemon
pppoeconf                            1.20                               configures PPPoE/ADSL connections
pptp-linux                           1.7.2-7                            Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) Client
procinfo                             1:2.0.304-1                        reporter for system information from /proc and /sys
procps                               1:3.3.3-3                          /proc file system utilities
psmisc                               22.19-1+deb7u1                     utilities that use the proc file system
pstack                               1.3.1-1                            Display stack trace of a running process
pv                                   1.2.0-1                            Shell pipeline element to meter data passing through
pwgen                                2.06-1+b2                          Automatic Password generation
pyrenamer                            0.6.0-1.1                          mass file renamer written in PyGTK
ranger                               1.5.4-1                            File manager with an ncurses frontend written in Python
ratpoison                            1.4.5-4                            keyboard-only window manager
rdate                                1:1.2-5                            sets the system's date from a remote host
rdesktop                             1.7.1-1                            RDP client for Windows NT/2000 Terminal Server and Windows Servers
rdiff                                0.9.7-9                            Binary diff tool for signature-based differences
rdiff-backup                         1.2.8-7                            remote incremental backup
recoverjpeg                          2.0-3.1                            tool to recover JPEG images from a filesystem image
reiser4progs                         1.0.7-6.3                          administration utilities for the Reiser4 filesystem
reiserfsprogs                        1:3.6.21-1                         User-level tools for ReiserFS filesystems
rinse                                2.0.1-1                            RPM installation environment
rkhunter                             1.4.0-1                            rootkit, backdoor, sniffer and exploit scanner
rlwrap                               0.37-3                             readline feature command line wrapper
rox-filer                            2.10-3                             A simple graphical file manager for X11
rpcbind                              0.2.0-8                            converts RPC program numbers into universal addresses
rpm                                  4.10.0-5+deb7u1                    package manager for RPM
rpm2cpio                             4.10.0-5+deb7u1                    tool to convert RPM package to CPIO archive
rsnapshot                            1.3.1-3                            local and remote filesystem snapshot utility
rsync                                3.0.9-4                            fast, versatile, remote (and local) file-copying tool
rsyslog                              5.8.11-3                           reliable system and kernel logging daemon
rxvt-unicode-256color                9.15-2                             multi-lingual terminal emulator with Unicode support for X11
saidar                               0.17-1                             curses-based program which displays live system statistics
scalpel                              1.60-1                             A Frugal, High Performance File Carver
scanssh                              2.0-4+b3                           get SSH server versions for an entire network
screen                               4.1.0~20120320gitdb59704-7         terminal multiplexer with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation
scrot                                0.8-13                             command line screen capture utility
scsitools                            0.12-2.1                           Collection of tools for SCSI hardware management
sdparm                               1.07-1                             Output and modify SCSI device parameters
secure-delete                        3.1-5                              tools to wipe files, free disk space, swap and memory
sed                                  4.2.1-10                           The GNU sed stream editor
sensible-utils                       0.0.7                              Utilities for sensible alternative selection
sipcalc                              1.1.5-1                            Advanced console-based ip subnet calculator
smartmontools                        5.41+svn3365-1                     control and monitor storage systems using S.M.A.R.T.
smbclient                            2:3.6.6-6                          command-line SMB/CIFS clients for Unix
sntop                                1.4.3-4                            A curses-based utility that polls hosts to determine connectivity
socat                                1.7.1.3-1.4                        multipurpose relay for bidirectional data transfer
spinner                              1.2.4-3                            Sends small packets over a idle link
squashfs-tools                       1:4.2-5                            Tool to create and append to squashfs filesystems
ssh                                  1:6.0p1-4                          secure shell client and server (metapackage)
sshfs                                2.4-1                              filesystem client based on SSH File Transfer Protocol
ssldump                              0.9b3-4.1                          An SSLv3/TLS network protocol analyzer
strace                               4.5.20-2.3                         A system call tracer
stress                               1.0.1-1                            A tool to impose load on and stress test a computer system
subversion                           1.6.17dfsg-4+deb7u2                Advanced version control system
suckless-tools                       38-2                               simple commands for minimalistic window managers
synaptic                             0.75.13                            Graphical package manager
sysfsutils                           2.1.0+repack-2                     sysfs query tool and boot-time setup
syslinux                             2:4.05+dfsg-6+deb7u1               collection of boot loaders
sysstat                              10.0.5-1                           system performance tools for Linux
tar                                  1.26+dfsg-0.1                      GNU version of the tar archiving utility
tcpdump                              4.3.0-1                            command-line network traffic analyzer
tcpreen                              1.4.4-2                            Simple TCP re-engineering tool
tcpreplay                            3.4.3-2+wheezy1                    Tool to replay saved tcpdump files at arbitrary speeds
tcptraceroute                        1.5beta7+debian-4                  traceroute implementation using TCP packets
testdisk                             6.13-1                             Partition scanner and disk recovery tool
tofrodos                             1.7.9.debian.1-1                   Converts DOS <-> Unix text files, alias tofromdos
traceroute                           1:2.0.18-3                         Traces the route taken by packets over an IPv4/IPv6 network
transmission-gtk                     2.52-3+nmu1                        lightweight BitTorrent client (GTK interface)
tsconf                               1.0-11                             touch screen library common files
tshark                               1.8.2-5wheezy2                     network traffic analyzer - console version
tweak                                3.01-8                             Efficient text-mode hex editor
ucf                                  3.0025+nmu3                        Update Configuration File: preserve user changes to config files.
udftools                             1.0.0b3-14.2                       tools for UDF filesystems and DVD/CD-R(W) drives
units                                1.88-1                             converts between different systems of units
unrar-free                           1:0.0.1+cvs20071127-2              Unarchiver for .rar files
unshield                             0.6-3                              extracts CAB files from InstallShield installers
unzip                                6.0-8                              De-archiver for .zip files
usbmuxd                              1.0.7-2                            USB multiplexor daemon for iPhone and iPod Touch devices
usbutils                             1:005-3                            Linux USB utilities
util-linux                           2.20.1-5.3                         Miscellaneous system utilities
vim                                  2:7.3.547-7                        Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor
vlan                                 1.9-3                              user mode programs to enable VLANs on your ethernet devices
vlock                                2.2.2-3                            Virtual Console locking program
vpnc                                 0.5.3r512-2                        Cisco-compatible VPN client
wdiff                                1.1.2-1                            Compares two files word by word
weechat                              0.3.8-1+deb7u1                     Fast, light and extensible chat client
wget                                 1.13.4-3                           retrieves files from the web
whiptail                             0.52.14-11.1                       Displays user-friendly dialog boxes from shell scripts
whois                                5.0.23                             intelligent WHOIS client
wipe                                 0.22-1                             Secure file deletion
wireshark-common                     1.8.2-5wheezy2                     network traffic analyzer - common files
wmctrl                               1.07-7                             control an EWMH/NetWM compatible X Window Manager
wodim                                9:1.1.11-2                         command line CD/DVD writing tool
x11-apps                             7.7~2                              X applications
x11-utils                            7.7~1                              X11 utilities
x11-xfs-utils                        7.7~1                              X font server utilities
x11-xkb-utils                        7.7~1                              X11 XKB utilities
x86info                              1.30-2                             Display diagnostic information about i386 compatible CPUs
xcolorsel                            1.1a-17                            display colors and names in X
xdotool                              1:2.20100701.2961-3+deb7u3         simulate X11 keyboard/mouse input
xfburn                               0.4.3-5                            CD-burner application for Xfce Desktop Environment
xfsdump                              3.0.6                              Administrative utilities for the XFS filesystem
xfsprogs                             3.1.7+b1                           Utilities for managing the XFS filesystem
xosview                              1.9.3-3                            X based system monitor
xterm                                278-4                              X terminal emulator
xz-utils                             5.1.1alpha+20120614-2              XZ-format compression utilities
zsh                                  4.3.17-1                           shell with lots of features

download

get livarp-rescue on the dedicated page (Squeeze or Wheezy based).
livarp-rescue is distributed in ISO-HYBRID format (~657M), ready to put on a CD or used on a USBkey with thedd command to execute in the livarp_040_rescue.iso directory:
sudo dd if=livarp_040_rescue.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4M;sync
assuming /dev/sdX is the path of your usb stick

utilisation

livarp-rescue starts with the syslinux menu. the default entry launches the 686 kernel (for modern computers). choose the 'live 486' entry if your processor is older and doesn't support pae option.

livarp-rescue comes with 2 window-managers: a cli one (dvtm) and a gui one (ratpoison)

if you stay in tty, livarp launches dvtm after the cli-keyboard-selector. [h], [k], [t] and [f] let you acces to the Help, Keys, Tools files or shell Functions.

if you lanch Xserver, ratpoison starts after the gui-keyboard-selector

  • menu is available on the top-left corner of your screen and is handled by fbpanel
  • livarp tools list is available from the menu entry 'livarp tool-list'.

changelog

  • zsh as default shell
  • ratpoison as default window manager
  • rox-filer as default file manager
  • ratpoison off-line documentation