| Company / developer | Tom Kerremans |
|---|---|
| OS family | Linux |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Open source |
| Latest stable release | 3.4 build 372 / April 29, 2011 |
| Available language(s) | English |
| Kernel type | Linux |
| License | Unknown |
| Official website | http://trinityhome.org/trk |
Trinity Rescue Kit (also known as TRK) is a free command-line Live CD Linux distribution created especially for rescuing Windows PCs[1] [2] It is aimed specifically at offline operations for Windows and Linux systems such as rescue, repair, password resets and disk cloning. It's virusscan encompases five antivirus programs.[3]
Trinity Rescue Kit is bootable from a CD, USB media or a network using PXE. Documentation for TRK exists both on the website, as well as in the console by using the command "trkhelp -l -t". Trinity Rescue Kit omits the standard Linux manual command in order to conserve space. In addition, there are tools to migrate TRK from an ISO image to a bootable USB device and vice versa.
Trinity Rescue Kit has a graphical startup menu based on SYSLINUX and vesamenu32 which is used to select boot options, but the OS is otherwise command-line only.
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Starting in 2001, after creating a bootable DOS-based CD of proprietary software for offline operations (named "The Vault"), Belgian developer, Tom Kerremans decided to create a free bootable Linux CD.[2]
The purpose would be to include free tools that could help rescue a Windows installation that was being problematic. Binaries and scripts from other distributions inspired the Trinity Rescue Kit. Sources included Mandriva 2005 and the Fedora Cores 3 and 4. The startup procedure and methods, and many scripts, are custom-made for Trinity Rescue Kit.[4]
TRK 3.3 was based on Linux 2.6.26.
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