hashboot/README.md

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License

"THE HUG-WARE LICENSE" (Revision 1):
xo xo@rotce.de and tastytea tastytea@tastytea.de wrote these files. As long as you retain this notice you can do whatever you want with this stuff. If we meet some day, and you think this stuff is worth it, you can give us a hug.

Install

  • Make sure you have sha*sum or md5sum installed
  • Make hashboot.sh executable
  • Place hashboot.sh anywhere in $PATH
  • Install the appropriate init script
  • If applicable, copy kernel-hook to /etc/kernel/post{inst,rm}.d/zzz-hashboot (make sure it is called after all other hooks)

Also see INSTALL.

Usage

Run "hashboot.sh index" to generate checksums and a backup for /boot and MBR Run "hashboot.sh check" to check /boot and MBR Run "hashboot.sh recover" to replace corrupted files with the backup

Notes

A backup is stored in /var/cache/bootbackup.tar.gz

You can't use the openrc/sysv init scripts with parallel boot.

Detailed documentation is in the sourcecode.