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| 2006-05-01 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SystemRescueCd 0.2.19 |
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A new version of SystemRescueCd is out: "Version 0.2.19 of the SystemRescueCd project has been released. Changes for version 0.2.19: updated the kernel to Linux 2.6.16.10; option to boot SystemRescueCd from hard disk; fixed boot problems with SCSI CD-ROMs; fixed problems with cdcache; updated ntfsprogs to 1.13.0; updated Oscar scripts; updated the manual; added rsnapshot." Here is the complete changelog. Download (MD5): systemrescuecd-x86-0.2.19.iso (121MB). SystemRescueCd is a Linux operating system on a bootable CD-ROM designed for repairing a system and recovering data after a system crash, and also for creating and editing hard disk partitions in an intuitive graphical environment with QTParted.
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| SystemRescue is an Arch-based Linux system on a bootable DVD or USB drive, designed for repairing a system and rescue data after a crash. It also aims to provide an easy way to carry out administration tasks on a computer, such as creating and editing hard disk partitions. It contains many useful system utilities (GNU Parted, PartImage, FSTools) and some basic ones (editors, Midnight Commander, network tools). It aims to be very easy to use. The kernel of the system supports all of today's most important filesystems, including ext2, ext3, ext4, ReiserFS, Reiser4, Btrfs, XFS, JFS, VFAT, NTFS, ISO9660, as well as network filesystems, such as Samba and NFS.
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| 2026-03-28 |
Distribution Release: SystemRescue 13.00 |
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François Dupoux has released SystemRescue 13.00, a significant update of the project's Arch-based specialist Linux distribution designed primarily to repair installed systems and to rescue data from damaged drives. This is the distribution's first release that features Linux kernel 6.18, the latest long-term supported kernel branch, and it also synchronises the included packages with upstream repositories. The included web browser is updated to Firefox 140.9.0 ESR. "SystemRescue 13.00 - 2026-03-28. Updated the Linux kernel to the long-term-supported Linux 6.18.20; updated bcachefs tools and kernel module to version 1.37.3; updated yay-prepare script to fix errors causing the script to fail; use default font from the kernel to avoid tiny font on HiDPI screens; script to change the scaling factor on HiDPI screens depending on configuration; added yq command-line utility for processing YAML, XML, TOML; replace Python version of iotop with iotop-c; added various packages - fatsort, nss-mdns; updated GParted to version 1.8.1." Visit the project's changelog page for details of all the recent changes and updates. This new version of SystemRescue is available for download from SourceForge: systemrescue-13.00-amd64.iso (1,258MB, SHA512, signature, pkglist). |
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| 2025-03-15 |
Distribution Release: SystemRescue 12.00 |
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François Dupoux has made available a new major release of SystemRescue, an Arch-based specialist Linux distribution for repairing computer systems and rescuing data. SystemRescue 12.00 updates the Linux kernel to the latest long-term supported (LTS) branch, version 6.12.19, while the included Firefox web browser was brought to version 128.8.0, the latest extended-support release (ESR). Also, the SystemRescue live image now includes bcachefs, a Linux filesystem with support for volume management. The distribution comes with the Xfce desktop which has received an update to version 4.20.1. "Changelog: updated the kernel to the long-term supported Linux 6.12.19; support for bcachefs (kernel module + file system tools + support in GParted); applied workaround to avoid possible display issues affecting GRUB; updated disk utilities: GParted 1.7.0, nwipe 0.38, dump 0.4b49." See the project's changelog page which has the details of all the recent changes and additions. Download SystemRescue 12.00 from SourceForge: systemrescue-12.00-amd64.iso (1,019MB, SHA512, signature, pkglist). |
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| 2024-01-28 |
Distribution Release: SystemRescue 11.00 |
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SystemRescue, a specialist live Linux distribution based on Arch Linux and designed for administrating and repairing computer systems and rescuing files, has been updated to version 11.0. The new release introduces the 6.6 LTS Linux kernel, provides some bug fixes, and adds several new utilities: "Updated the Linux kernel to the long-term supported Linux 6.6.14; added option 'ssh_known_hosts' in yaml configuration to trust SSH CAs signatures on host keys; fix the 'findroot' boot option when /sbin/init is an absolute symlink; fix the 'findroot' loop when the password to any encrypted device is unknown; update Xfce configuration (enabled screen saver, added battery icon); package 'dstat' has been replaced with 'dool' which is a fork of dstat; added bcachefs-tools (file system utilities for bcachefs, no kernel module yet); added blocksync-fast (block device sync tool for block-based backups); added sleuthkit (tools for raw file system inspection); added timeshift (snapshot-based backup program)." Continue to the changelog for further information. Download links: systemrescue-11.00-amd64.iso (853MB, SHA512, signature, pkglist). |
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| 2023-03-19 |
Distribution Release: SystemRescue 10.00 |
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François Dupoux has released a major update of SystemRescue, an Arch-based Linux distribution designed for administrating and repairing computer systems and rescuing data. The new version brings the Linux kernel version up to the 6.1 branch, which is currently the latest long-term supported one. The changelog provides further details: "Updated the Linux kernel to the long-term supported Linux 6.1.20; added GRUB loopback.cfg support; add boot customization hooks for GRUB and Syslinux; add 'gui_autostart' YAML configuration to run programs when X window is started; bring back xf86-video-qxl driver as its bugs have been fixed; removed deprecated autorun features (autoruns=, scripts with rn, old paths); added pass and qtpass (simple password manager which supports GnuPG encryption); added packages - casync, stressapptest, stress-ng, tk; added Memtest86+ memory tester 6.00 for UEFI in the GRUB boot menu; sysrescueusbwriter to create USB media on Linux, creates writable FAT filesystem...." The project no longer builds images for the i686 architecture. Download from SourceForge: systemrescue-10.00-amd64.iso (747MB, SHA512, signature, pkglist). |
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| 2022-01-17 |
Distribution Release: SystemRescue 9.00 |
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François Dupoux has released a brand-new update to SystemRescue, a specialist, Arch-based Linux distribution that ships with a comprehensive system rescue toolkit for administrating and repairing a system and rescuing data. This version updates the Linux kernel to the latest long-term supported kernel, version 5.15.14. From the changelog: "Updated the Linux kernel to the long-term supported Linux kernel 5.15.14; the new kernel brings the ntfs3 module which provides better NTFS support; the system comes with a copy of the website as an offline manual; added sysrescue-customize script to create custom ISO images; initial support for configuring the system with YAML files; support for configuring autorun with the new YAML configuration files; replaced the Mesa package with a minimal alternative to save 52MB; converted the Bash system initialisation script to Python; removed the'xf86-video-qxl' X.Org driver as it is currently not stable; bring back accidently removed inetutils packate (telnet, ftp, hostname); added packages: aq, libisoburn, patch, python-llfuse, python-yaml, rdiff-backup." Download (pkglist): systemrescue-9.00-amd64.iso (771MB, SHA512, signature), systemrescue-9.00-i686.iso (801MB, SHA512, signature). |
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| 2021-03-06 |
Distribution Release: SystemRescue 8.00 |
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François Dupoux has released SystemRescue 8.00, a major new version of the project's specialist, Arch-based distribution featuring a system rescue toolkit for administrating or repairing a system and data after a crash. It continues to be provided for both x86_64 and i386 systems. This version upgrades the Linux kernel to the latest LTS (long-term supported) version and it also updates the graphical user interface to Xfce 4.16: "Updated kernel to the long-term-supported Linux 5.10.20; updated partitioning tools to Parted 3.4, GParted 1.2.0; updated file systems - btrfs-progs 5.10.1, xfsprogs 5.10.0, e2fsprogs 1.46.2; updated utilities - nwipe 0.30, dislocker 0.7.3, fsarchiver 0.8.6; updated Xfce graphical environment to version 4.16; updated Python to version 3.9.2 and added python-pip; added paperkey (to print private keys on paper); replaced exfat-utils with exfatprogs." Visit the distribution's changelog and system tools pages more information and for a detailed information about the available utilities. Here are the download links (pkglist): systemrescue-8.00-amd64.iso (708MB, SHA512, signature), systemrescue-8.00-i686.iso (692MB, SHA512, signature). |
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| 2020-10-21 |
Distribution Release: SystemRescue 7.00 |
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François Dupoux has released SystemRescue 7.00, a new version of the project's useful system rescue toolkit for administrating or repairing a system and data after a crash. It is based on Arch Linux and features the Xfce desktop. The major version change is the result of the distribution's renaming from SystemRescueCd to SystemRescue, as well as a new domain name, but otherwise it is just a routine upgrade from the 6.x series. From the changelog: "Renamed project from SystemRescueCd to SystemRescue; new website address - system-rescue.org; updated Linux kernel to long-term-supported linux 5.4.71; added dislocker to access disks encrypted using BitLocker (#46)." SystemRescue continues to be available in both amd64 and i686 variants; it includes a good catalogue of storage, disk partitioning, networking, file system, recovery, hardware information and secure deleting tools - see the project's system tools page for a full list. Download the latest version from OSDN or SourceForge (pkglist): systemrescue-7.00-amd64.iso (687MB, SHA256, signature), systemrescue-7.00-i686.iso (667MB, SHA256, signature). |
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| 2019-02-02 |
Distribution Release: SystemRescueCd 6.0.0 |
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SystemRescueCd is a Linux system on a bootable CD-ROM or USB drive, designed for repairing a system and data after a crash. The distribution's developers have published SystemRescueCd 6.0.0 which deviates from previous releases in two significant ways: 32-bit support has been dropped in favour of a 64-bit build, and the base distribution has been switched from Gentoo to Arch Linux. The project's changelog reports: "System is now based on Arch Linux and built using archiso and its dependencies. Kernel and userspace programs are now fully 64-bit (dropped 32-bit support). Boot options are the ones provided by new upstream rather than old version. Graphical environment based on X.Org Server 1.20.3 and Xfce 4.12. Implemented 'setkmap=xx' option on the boot command line to setup keyboard. Updated kernel to long-term-supported linux 4.19.19. Updated filesystem tools: e2fsprogs 1.44.5, xfsprogs 4.19.0, btrfs-progs 4.19.1. Updated disk tools: GParted 0.33.0, LVM 2.02.183. Download (SHA256): systemrescuecd-6.0.0.iso (888MB, pkglist). |
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| 2014-01-14 |
Distribution Release: SystemRescueCd 4.0.0 |
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François Dupoux has released a major new update of SystemRescueCd, a Gentoo-based live CD with an extensive collection of tools for data rescue and disk management tasks. The project's changelog reports the following new features and improvements in SystemRescueCd 4.0.0: "Standard kernels - long-term supported Linux kernel 3.10.25 (rescue32 + rescue64); alternative Linux kernels: latest stable Linux kernel 3.12.7 (altker32 + altker64); updated X.Org graphical environment and drivers to X.Org Server 1.14.3; updated GParted to 0.17.0 (adds support for online resize); updated Btrfs utilities btrfs-progs 3.12; updated file system tools - e2fsprogs 1.42.8, xfsprogs, 3.1.11, xfsdump 3.1.3; updated Memtest86+ to version 5.01 (available in floppy disk boot images)...." Other package upgrades include man-pages 3.53, Midnight Commander 4.8.9, Python 3.3.2, Samba 3.6.20, udev 204 and xz 5.0.5. Download the latest version of the SystemRescueCd live CD image from SourceForge: systemrescuecd-x86-4.0.0.iso (433MB, SHA256). |
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