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Gentoo Linux is a computer operating system built on top of the Linux kernel and based on the Portage package management system.
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Pentoo is a Live CD and Live USB designed for penetration testing and security assessment.
  
It is distributed as free and open source software.  
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Based on Gentoo Linux, Pentoo is provided both as 32 and 64 bit livecd.
  
Unlike a conventional software distribution, the user compiles the source code locally according to their chosen configuration.
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It features packet injection patched wifi drivers, GPGPU cracking software, and lots of tools for penetration testing and security assessment.
  
Where source-code is available, Portage normally supplies no precompiled binaries, continuing in the tradition of the ports collection.
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The Pentoo kernel includes grsecurity and PAX hardening and extra patches - with binaries compiled from a hardened toolchain with the latest nightly versions of some tools available.
 
 
The development project and its products are named after the fastest-swimming penguin, the Gentoo, to reflect the potential speed improvements of machine-specific optimization.
 
 
 
Gentoo package management is designed to be modular, portable, easy to maintain, flexible, and optimized for the user's machine.
 
 
 
Gentoo describes itself as a meta-distribution, "because of its near-unlimited adaptability", in that the majority of users have configurations and sets of installed programs which are unique to themselves.
 
  
 
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Revision as of 06:59, 7 February 2012

Important information

This plugin requires a static IP address (Default is 10.0.0.1).
Every change to the server IP MUST be reflected into the plugin's menu file.
How to adjust ERPXE to local IP address

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Pentoo 2009
100px-Gentoo_Linux_logo_matte.svg.png
http://www.pentoo.ch/

Information

ERPXE Module

  • Name: - Pentoo
  • Version: 2009

Plugin type

Plugin type
Pentoo Anti-Virus Deployment Diagnostics OS Installation Live Media Recovery Tools
No No No Yes Yes No

Plugin Requirments

Plugin Requirments
Pentoo CIFS HTTP Internet NFS Linux OS Windows OS
No No No Yes Yes No

Screen Shots

250px-Pentoo.png



Special Information

Pentoo is a Live CD and Live USB designed for penetration testing and security assessment.

Based on Gentoo Linux, Pentoo is provided both as 32 and 64 bit livecd.

It features packet injection patched wifi drivers, GPGPU cracking software, and lots of tools for penetration testing and security assessment.

The Pentoo kernel includes grsecurity and PAX hardening and extra patches - with binaries compiled from a hardened toolchain with the latest nightly versions of some tools available.

Linux Installation Instructions

Download pentoo2009-ARCH-XXX.tar.gz to /

https://sourceforge.net/projects/erpxe/files/plugins/

extract pentoo2009-ARCH-XXX.tar.gz file:

tar -xvzf pentoo2009-ARCH-XXX.tar.gz

Download Pentoo 2009 ISO Latest Version to /mnt/ :

http://www.pentoo.ch/download/

Mount ISO file to temporary location (/mnt/cdrom/)

mkdir /mnt/cdrom/
mount -o loop /mnt/install-ARCH-minimal.iso /mnt/cdrom/

Pentoo x86: Copy pentoo.igz , pentoo , image.squashfs to appropriate directory: (LOWER CASE ONLY!)

cp /mnt/cdrom/isolinux/pentoo /tftpboot/er/plugins/pentoo/i386/pentoo
cp /mnt/cdrom/isolinux/pentoo.igz /tftpboot/er/plugins/pentoo/i386/pentoo.igz
cp /mnt/cdrom/image.squashfs /tftpboot/er/shares/pentoo/i386/image.squashfs

Pentoo x64: Copy pentoo.igz , pentoo , image.squashfs to appropriate directory: (LOWER CASE ONLY!)

cp /mnt/cdrom/isolinux/pentoo /tftpboot/er/plugins/pentoo/x86_64/pentoo
cp /mnt/cdrom/isolinux/pentoo.igz /tftpboot/er/plugins/pentoo/x86_64/pentoo.igz
cp /mnt/cdrom/image.squashfs /tftpboot/er/shares/pentoo/x86_64/image.squashfs

Verify files with filelist.txt in each folder.

All Done!