SystemRescue

SystemRescue
	SystemRescueCD v4.1 (2014-04), default desktop (XFCE) with default web browser (Midori)
Developer	François Dupoux
OS family	Unix-like
Working state	Current
Source model	Open source
Latest release	7.01 / 22 November 2020; 4 years ago for x86_64; 22 November 2020; 4 years ago for i686
Repository	gitlab.com/systemrescue/systemrescue-sources ;
Available in	English and French
Kernel type	Monolithic (Linux)
Default; user interface	XFCE
License	GPL-2
Official website	system-rescue.org

SystemRescue (Previously known as "SystemRescueCD") is a Linux distribution for x86 64 and x86 computers. The primary purpose of SystemRescue is to repair unbootable or otherwise damaged computer systems after a system crash. SystemRescue is not intended to be used as a permanent operating system. It runs from a Live CD, a USB flash drive or any type of hard drive. It was designed by a team led by François Dupoux, and is based on Arch Linux. Starting with version 6.0, it has systemd as its init system.

Features

SystemRescue is capable of graphics using the Linux framebuffer option for tools such as GParted. It has options such as connecting to the Internet through an ADSL modem or Ethernet and graphical web browsers such as Mozilla Firefox.

SystemRescue features include:

GNU Parted and GParted to partition disks and resize partitions, including FAT32 and NTFS
fdisk to edit the disk partition table
PartImage: disk imaging software which copies only used sectors
TestDisk: to recover lost partition and PhotoRec to recover lost data
smartmontools: a S.M.A.R.T. suite for HDD health reporting and data loss prevention
ddrescue: to extract recoverable data from physically damaged HDD and listing damaged sectors
FSArchiver: a system tool that allows you to save the contents of a file-system to a compressed archive file
A CD and DVD burner: dvd+rw-tools
Two bootloaders: GRUB and SYSLINUX
Web browsers: Firefox, ELinks
File manager: emelFM2
Archiving and unarchiving abilities
File system tools: file system create, delete, resize, move
Support for many file systems, including full NTFS read/write access (via NTFS-3G) as well as FAT32 and Mac OS HFS
Support for Intel x86 and PowerPC systems, including Macs
Ability to create a boot disk for operating systems
Support for Windows Registry editing and password changing from Linux
Can boot FreeDOS, Memtest86+, hardware diagnostics and other boot disks from a single CD

Burning DVDs and system backup

The CD can also boot from a customized DVD which has almost 4.6 GB of free space for backed-up files. This makes it good for storing all the information that is needed from a hard drive and then formatting it. To burn the DVD, one must burn the image file first and then add all the separate files and folders. This should not affect the general way in which the DVD works. The DVD can then be used to insert those files into the hard drive using Midnight Commander.

References

^ "SystemRescue - Download". system-rescue.org. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
^ "About SystemRescue". system-rescue.org. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

External links

[1] "SystemRescue - Download". system-rescue.org. Retrieved 28 November 2020.

[2] "About SystemRescue". system-rescue.org. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

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Features

Burning DVDs and system backup

See also

References

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