Installing Trinity Rescue Kit

[.ronin]

The following is a tutorial on adding Trinity Rescue Kit to Katana:

1) Download Trinity Rescue Kit ISO from http://trinityhome.org

2) Burn or extract the ISO into a local directory on your system.

3) On your Katana Drive, create the file trinity.cfg in the /boot/menu directory. (This is the menu for Trinity Rescue Kit.) Open trinity.cfg in a text editor and copy and past the following into it:

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PROMPT 0
#TIMEOUT 90
DEFAULT /boot/vesamenu.c32
MENU BACKGROUND /boot/wallpaper.png

MENU WIDTH 60
MENU MARGIN 0
MENU ROWS 10
MENU HELPMSGROW 22
MENU TIMEOUTROW 26
MENU TABMSGROW 27
MENU CMDLINEROW 27
MENU HSHIFT 9
MENU VSHIFT 0

   menu color screen   37;40      #00000000 #00000000 none
   menu color border   30;44      #00000000 #00000000 none
   menu color title   1;36;44    #aaaaaaaa #00000000 none
   #menu color unsel   37;44      #ff60CA00 #00000000 none
   menu color unsel   37;44      #aaaaaaaa #00000000 none
   menu color hotkey   1;37;44    #ff60CA00 #00000000 none
   #menu color sel      7;37;40    #ffffffff #00000000 none
   menu color sel      7;37;40    #ffffffff #00000000 none
   menu color hotsel   1;7;37;40  #ff808080 #ff60CA00 none
   menu color scrollbar   30;44      #00000000 #00000000 none

   menu color tabmsg   31;40      #aaaaaaaa #00000000 none
   menu color cmdmark   1;36;40    #ffff0000 #00000000 none
   menu color cmdline   37;40      #aaaaaaaa #00000000 none
   menu color pwdborder   30;47      #ffff0000 #00000000 std
   menu color pwdheader   31;47      #ffff0000 #00000000 std
   menu color pwdentry   30;47      #ffff0000 #00000000 std
   menu color timeout_msg   37;40      #aaaaaaaa #00000000 none
   menu color timeout   1;37;40    #ffaaaaff #00000000 none
   menu color help      37;40      #aaaaaa00 #00000000 none
   menu color msg07   37;40      #90ffffff #00000000 std

MENU TITLE Trinity Rescue Disk

LABEL trk3
MENU label TRD - default
KERNEL /boot/syslinux/trinity/kernel.trk
APPEND initrd=/boot/syslinux/trinity/initrd.trk ramdisk_size=49152 root=/dev/ram0 vga=788 splash=verbose pci=conf1

LABEL 1
MENU label TRD - as bootserver to boot other TRK clients
KERNEL /boot/syslinux/trinity/kernel.trk
APPEND initrd=/boot/syslinux/trinity/initrd.trk ramdisk_size=49152 root=/dev/ram0 vga=788 splash=verbose pci=conf1 trkbootnet

LABEL 2
MENU label TRD - running from RAM (best >= 512mb, 256mb min)
KERNEL /boot/syslinux/trinity/kernel.trk
APPEND initrd=/boot/syslinux/trinity/initrd.trk ramdisk_size=49152 root=/dev/ram0 vga=788 splash=verbose pci=conf1 trkinmem

LABEL 3
MENU label TRD - with bigger screenfont
KERNEL /boot/syslinux/trinity/kernel.trk
APPEND initrd=/boot/syslinux/trinity/initrd.trk ramdisk_size=49152 root=/dev/ram0 vga=788 splash=verbose pci=conf1 normalfont

LABEL 4
MENU label TRD - in simple VGA mode (debugging of kernel output)
KERNEL /boot/syslinux/trinity/kernel.trk
APPEND initrd=/boot/syslinux/trinity/initrd.trk ramdisk_size=49152 root=/dev/ram0 vga=1 pci=conf1 splash=off

LABEL 5
MENU label TRD - with Belgian keyboard (see docs for other)
KERNEL /boot/syslinux/trinity/kernel.trk
APPEND initrd=/boot/syslinux/trinity/initrd.trk ramdisk_size=49152 root=/dev/ram0 vga=788 splash=verbose pci=conf1 keyb_be

LABEL 6
KERNEL /boot/syslinux/trinity/kernel.trk
MENU label TRD - Virusscan all drives (non interactive)
APPEND initrd=/boot/syslinux/trinity/initrd.trk ramdisk_size=49152 root=/dev/ram0 vga=788 splash=verbose pci=conf1 virusscan

LABEL 7
KERNEL /boot/syslinux/trinity/kernel.trk
MENU label TRD - Try more pcmcia and usb nics (when not detected)
APPEND initrd=/boot/syslinux/trinity/initrd.trk ramdisk_size=49152 root=/dev/ram0 vga=788 splash=verbose pci=conf1 pcmcia

LABEL 8
KERNEL /boot/syslinux/trinity/kernel.trk
MENU label TRD - Try more SCSI drivers (when disks not detected)
APPEND initrd=/boot/syslinux/trinity/initrd.trk ramdisk_size=49152 root=/dev/ram0 vga=788 splash=verbose pci=conf1 scsidrv

LABEL 9
KERNEL /boot/syslinux/trinity/kernel.trk
MENU label TRD - with a secure shell server enabled
APPEND initrd=/boot/syslinux/trinity/initrd.trk ramdisk_size=49152 root=/dev/ram0 vga=788 splash=verbose pci=conf1 sshd

LABEL 10
KERNEL /boot/syslinux/trinity/kernel.trk
MENU label TRD - Execute local scripts on harddrive of PC
APPEND initrd=/boot/syslinux/trinity/initrd.trk ramdisk_size=49152 root=/dev/ram0 vga=788 splash=verbose pci=conf1 locscr

LABEL 11
KERNEL /boot/syslinux/trinity/kernel.trk
MENU label TRD - Fileshare all drives, secured with user
APPEND initrd=/boot/syslinux/trinity/initrd.trk ramdisk_size=49152 root=/dev/ram0 vga=788 splash=verbose pci=conf1 smbsec

LABEL 12
KERNEL /boot/syslinux/trinity/kernel.trk
MENU label TRD - Fileshare all drives as guest, no security
APPEND initrd=/boot/syslinux/trinity/initrd.trk ramdisk_size=49152 root=/dev/ram0 vga=788 splash=verbose pci=conf1 smbguest

LABEL 0
KERNEL /boot/syslinux/trinity/kernel.trk
MENU label TRD - Single user mode
APPEND initrd=/boot/syslinux/trinity/initrd.trk ramdisk_size=49152 root=/dev/ram0 vga=788 splash=verbose pci=conf1 runlevel 1

LABEL noacpi
KERNEL /boot/syslinux/trinity/kernel.trk
MENU label TRD - Acpi=off, noapic  PCI=bios (Alternate boot 1)
APPEND initrd=/boot/syslinux/trinity/initrd.trk ramdisk_size=49152 root=/dev/ram0 vga=788 splash=verbose acpi=off noapic pci=bios

LABEL pcinormal
KERNEL /boot/syslinux/trinity/kernel.trk
MENU label TRD - Acpi=off, noapic PCI=any (Alternate boot 2)
APPEND initrd=/boot/syslinux/trinity/initrd.trk ramdisk_size=49152 root=/dev/ram0 vga=788 splash=verbose acpi=off noapic

LABEL pciconf1
KERNEL /boot/syslinux/trinity/kernel.trk
MENU label TRD - PCI=conf2 (Alternate boot 3)
APPEND initrd=/boot/syslinux/trinity/initrd.trk ramdisk_size=49152 root=/dev/ram0 vga=788 splash=verbose pci=conf2

LABEL debug
MENU label TRD - Verbose startup for debugging after initial bootfase
KERNEL /boot/syslinux/trinity/kernel.trk
APPEND initrd=/boot/syslinux/trinity/initrd.trk ramdisk_size=49152 root=/dev/ram0 vga=788 splash=verbose pci=conf1 debugging

LABEL 18
MENU label TRD - SSH server and run from RAM
KERNEL /boot/syslinux/trinity/kernel.trk
APPEND initrd=/boot/syslinux/trinity/initrd.trk ramdisk_size=49152 root=/dev/ram0 vga=788 splash=verbose pci=conf1 sshd trkinmem

LABEL 19
MENU label TRD - SSH server, run from RAM, act as a secure fileserver
KERNEL /boot/syslinux/trinity/kernel.trk
APPEND initrd=/boot/syslinux/trinity/initrd.trk ramdisk_size=49152 root=/dev/ram0 vga=788 splash=verbose pci=conf1 sshd trkinmem smbsec

LABEL 20
MENU label TRD - proxyserver support enabled
KERNEL /boot/syslinux/trinity/kernel.trk
APPEND initrd=/boot/syslinux/trinity/initrd.trk ramdisk_size=49152 root=/dev/ram0 vga=788 splash=verbose pci=conf1 proxy

LABEL back
MENU LABEL ..
KERNEL /boot/vesamenu.c32
APPEND /boot/menus/main.cfg
TEXT HELP
                        Back to Main Menu
ENDTEXT


4) Create the directory /boot/syslinux/trinity in Katana. Copy the kernel.trk and initrd.trk files into the newly created directory from the extracted ISO.

5) Copy the /trk3 directory from the extracted ISO to the root of Katana.

6) Finally, on the Katana Drive; open /boot/menus/main.cfg in a text editor and add the following to the end of the file. This will add Trinity Rescue Kit to the main boot menu.

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LABEL trinity
MENU LABEL Trinity Rescue Kit
KERNEL /boot/vesamenu.c32
APPEND /boot/menus/trinity.cfg
TEXT HELP
                         More about currently selected:
   
                         Trinity Rescue Kit is a distribution
                         that aims specifically at recovery
                         and repair operations.
ENDTEXT


You should now be able to boot Trinity Rescue Kit from Katana.

[alexploiter]

all the steps has been done but i didnt found the vmlinuz.trk in the iso file i only found initrd.trk , any idea sir?

[.ronin]

You are correct. It was supposed to be kernel.trk not vmlinuz.trk. I have edited the guide accordingly.

[Securit]

I am trying to install TRK and am having a few difficulties.

When I follow all the instructions above 'Trinity Rescue Kit' appears on the main menu afer booting to my flash drive however I then just see a grey/white background which fills the entire screen. This just stays indefinately and TRK never loads. I have left it upto 20 minutes for TRK to load and nothing has appeard other than this screen.

Has anyone else had this problem?

I have noticed in another thread a different was of installing TRK giving other instructions such as copying the enture iso apart from the trk3 directory over to the 'trinity' directory, is the above guide definately 100% correct?

Many thanks

[.ronin]

When I follow all the instructions above 'Trinity Rescue Kit' appears on the main menu afer booting to my flash drive however I then just see a grey/white background which fills the entire screen.

It sounds like the menu is not finding the trinity.cfg file. Make sure the TRK file is /boot/menus/trinity.cfg

[Securit]

I have got a bit further but still having a little difficulty...

I now get the following message when I select 'TRD - Default' from the menu.



I have very little experience of Linux and don't know what the usb will b mounting itself to ie. sda 1,2,3 sdb etc?

I am assuming though that this is an error as Trk is saying it can not find the medium anywhere?

Any pointers much appreciated.

[.ronin]

It depends on the kind drives that are in the computer. IDE drives normally mount at hd* where SATA mount as sd*. I would try 'sda1' first and then move up from 'a', (example sdb1, sdc1, etc.).