Ultimate Boot CD Live 0.2.3b (Lnx)

Ultimate Boot CD (UBCD) Live is a Debian Linux based LiveCD that was created as a candidate that will eventually replace Parted Magic (within Ultimate Boot CD). Its creation was mostly a result of this forum thread where we discussed what should replace Parted Magic after its author decided to put up a paywall around it.

The eventual Parted Magic replacement should have a few desirable characteristics.

1) It should support existing PM/UBCD modules.
2) It should be easy to customize.
3) It should have similar or lower system/memory requirements as Parted Magic.
4) It should have a user-friendly GUI.

UBCD Live is currently just a proposed candidate for replaceing Parted Magic with UBCD. There is no deadline for the replacement, and it is entirely possible that a better alternative comes along, in which case we will happily embrace that instead. However, after limited alpha testing by a small group of people, I feel it will help the project mature faster if we can get more people to test it and provide feedback.

UBCD Live can be written to a USB memory stick using either Universal USB Installer or LinuxLive USB Creator. Changes can be persisted to the USB memory stick by following the instructions:

1. Write the ISO image to the memory stick using Universal USB Installer or LinuxLive USB Creator.
2. In the root directory, you will find a tiny file called persistence.bz2. Expand that using 7-Zip or some other archival utility. You will get a 1GB file called persistence. All changes you make while booted into UBCD Live will be written to this file.
3. Edit isolinux/live.cfg and add "toram persistence" to all the boot parameters:

label live-486
menu label ^Live (486)
menu default
linux /live/vmlinuz
initrd /live/initrd.img
append boot=live config username=root vga=normal toram persistence

label live-486-failsafe
menu label ^Live (486 failsafe)
linux /live/vmlinuz
initrd /live/initrd.img
append boot=live config username=root memtest noapic noapm nodma nomce nolapic nomodeset nosmp nosplash vga=normal toram persistence

Tools currently included within UBCD Live are

General
• LeafPad Text Editor 0.8.18.1-4
• LXTerminal 0.2.0-1
• Netsurf Web Browser 3.2+dfsg-2
• SpaceFM File Manager 0.9.4-2
• Xpdf PDF Viewer 3.03-17+b1

Rescue
• Clamtk Antivirus Scanner 5.15
• Clonezilla Disk Imaging 3.10.11-1
• PC CMOS Cleaner 2.0
• PC Disk Eraser 5.0
• PC Registry Editor 1.0
• PhotoRec File Data Recovery 7.0
• TestDisk Partition Recovery 7.0
• WHDD HDD Diagnostic/Data Recovery 2.1
• XFPROT Antivirus Scanner 2.4expl6

System
• Fskbsetting Keyboard Setiings 0.3.2
• GNOME Disks 3.12.1-1+b1
• GParted Partition Editor 0.19.0-2
• GSmartControl HDD Health Inspection 0.8.7-1.1
• HardInfo System Information 0.5.1-1.4
• LXRandR Video Resolution Changer 0.3.0-1
• System Stability Tester 1.5.1
• Truecrypt Disk Encryption 7.1a
• Wicd Network Manager 1.7.2.4-4.1
• Systester 1.5.1

Others
• chntpw 1.0-1+b1
• ddrescue 1.19-1
• ddrutility 2.5
• msed 0.22beta
• gdisk/cgdisk/sgdisk/fixparts 0.8.10-2

Changelog
• Replaced fbautostart with shell script in .icewm/startup.
• Added systester 1.5.1.
• Added LXTerminal icon to desktop.
• Added gnome-disk-utility for storage device management and benchmarking.
• Make SpaceFM interface single-click instead of double-click.

Checksum
FILE: ubcdlive023b.iso
MD5: 27b85e4c62e7c269ddc879cbc805a9df
SHA1: 6aae66463504127a2f2216ce3f5d815bd8e6481b
SHA-256: bd325ddddf8a678d7b84c6258198df6bdabade02ac012a6caa2b789a3b00baad

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