Size File Arrival Filename Description ------- ------------ ------------ ----------- 231749 Sep 10 22:28 3c5x9cfg.exe 3Com's configuration utility for 3C509 series ethernet cards, extracted from the EtherDisk archive for convenience. MS-DOS proprietary binary. From: ftp://ftp.3com.com/pub/nic/3c509/ 14035 Sep 10 22:32 3c5x9setup Donald Becker's configuration utility for 3Com 3C509 series ethernet cards. Linux i386 binary under the GNU GPL. From: http://www.scyld.com/diag/ 3c5x9setup.html 16851 Sep 10 22:32 3c5x9setup.c Donald Becker's configuration utility for 3Com 3C509 series ethernet cards. C source code under the GNU GPL. From: http://www.scyld.com/diag/ 3c5x9setup.html 123534 Sep 22 1999 3d66.exe Flash ROM upgrade for Hayes Optima modems to support 33.6 kbps. 6115 Jan 1 1997 bluenotes-editorial-1996-08 Rick Moen's draft editorial that he had in preparation for Blue Notes in preparation for the August 1996 issue. 611299 2005-02-14 00:47 bootit-ng-1.71.zip TeraByte Unlimited's BootIt Next Generation. Provided is a raw floppy image that you write to a floppy disk using any means you have (e.g., dd on Unix or the provided bootitng.exe utility or a Rawrite version on MS-DOS. You boot that floppy, which then lets you resize FAT or NTFS. Optionally, you can install files onto a hard drive to allow both multiboot mgmt. and further resizing without the floppy, plus support of more-flexible partition structures. Fully functional trial version; obligation to register for US $35 if used after 30 days. Proprietary binary code. From: http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/ 14732 Oct 26 1997 chart.txt Rick Moen's article "The Nerd Chart" on how to track PC hardware resources. ----- removed ----- cloneit-bootdisk.gz Diskette images based on a mini Linux distribution to clone hard disk partitions across a network, or for backup and restore. Built and reconfigurable using the Yard utility. Uses the Netpipes utilities to copy. You'll also need the rootdisk image. From: http://www.ferzkopp.net/Software/ CloneIt/CloneIt.html ----- removed ----- cloneit-rootdisk.gz Diskette images based on a mini Linux distribution to clone hard disk partitions across a network, or for backup and restore. Built and reconfigurable using the Yard utility. Uses the Netpipes utilities to copy. You'll also need the bootdisk image. From: http://www.ferzkopp.net/Software/ CloneIt/CloneIt.html 2297719 2008-02-18 12:17 ctcs2-2.0beta-2008-02-18.tar.gz Damon Chitsaz and Jim Belton's "CTCS2" Feb. 18, 2008 beta pre-2.0 release, updating Jason T. Collins and Sam Flory's va-ctcs hardware-burn-in testing suite, used at VA Linux Systems to validate and test Linux systems before shipment. va-ctcs is also available in this directory. 11316 May 29 1998 eide.txt Rick Moen's article "All about EIDE". 6504 Mar 27 02:40 el3-diag Donald Becker's utility to test and report basic functioning of a 3Com 3C509 or 3C509B ISA ethernet card. Reports existence and activation of the card, only. Linux i386 binary under the GNU GPL. From: http://www.scyld.com/diag/ 10695 Mar 27 02:34 el3.c Donald Becker's utility to test and report basic functioning of a 3Com 3C509 or 3C509B ISA ethernet card. Reports existence and activation of the card, only. C source code under the GNU GPL. From: http://www.scyld.com/diag/ 4234 2003-04-08 hdutils List of low-level formatting utilities for various hard drive manufacturers. 9874 Dec 14 1998 optima-review.txt Rick Moen's review of a Hayes Optima modem, with copious background about modem technology. ----- removed ----- partboot-1.4.21.img GNU PartEd partition-editing program, boot diskette image. Resizes, copies, checks, creates, recovers, destroys filesystems. Resize support for FAT, ext2/ext3, Linux swap, and ReiserFS filesystems. Standalone Linux i386 binaries under the GNU GPL on a boot image supporting most but not all i386 hardware. (You may be able to build support for other disk hardware using mkpart to make a bootdisk: ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/people/ kent-robotti/mkpart/ ) You'll also need the root filesystem image. From: http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/ ----- removed ----- parted-1.6.3.tar.gz GNU PartEd partition-editing program. Resizes, copies, checks, creates, recovers, destroys filesystems. Resize support for FAT, ext2/ext3, Linux swap, and ReiserFS filesystems. C source code under the GNU GPL -- known to compile and run cleanly on Linux- and HURD-based distributions running on Alpha, i386, PC98, PowerPC, and SPARC. From: http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/ ----- removed ----- partroot-1.6.2.img GNU PartEd partition-editing program, root filesystem image. Resizes, copies, checks, creates, recovers, destroys filesystems. Resize support for FAT, ext2/ext3, Linux swap, and ReiserFS filesystems. Standalone Linux i386 binaries under the GNU GPL on a boot image supporting most but not all i386 hardware. You'll need the boot image. From: http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/ 922 2004-07-26 11:15 pcimodem Initialisation script adaptable for any PCI non-winmodem on Linux. Parses lspci output, then runs setserial accordingly. Bourne shell script, adapted by Rick Moen from a long-ago fragment by a co-worker, and issued under GPLv2. 29007 2004-12-27 15:01 scsi-status-codes Detailed explanation of SCSI device hex messages and their interpetetation. 2850 Nov 10 02:35 system-info Karsten Self's system-info shell script v. 1.7, to examine an x86 system and report details of hardware found. Bash shell script under the GNU GPL. Formerly at: http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/ Main/LinuxSystemInfoScript 20712 Dec 12 2001 va1000fix.zip Flash ROM fix for VA Linux Systems 1000. 23020 Dec 4 2000 win95-bn.html Rick Moen's editorial columns at the time of MS-Windows 95's introduction. Includes numerous damning indictments of the underlying technology, including the horrific "VFAT" filename extensions. Files related to the Dell Inspiron 7000 laptop -- see also http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/inspiron7000.html: 1318875 2004-11-07 22:04 ts30i2-manual.zip 2437509 2004-08-02 01:31 dell-inspiron-7000-reference-and-troubleshooting-guide.pdf 6908532 2004-08-02 01:31 dell-inspiron-7000-service-manual.pdf 664664 2004-08-02 01:30 I7-A15.EXE