SystemRescue (Previously known as "SystemRescueCD") is a
Linux distribution for
x86 64 and
x86 computers.
DistroWatch: SystemRescue, 17 January 2022
/ref> The primary purpose of SystemRescue is to repair unbootable or otherwise damaged computer systems after a system crash
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. SystemRescue is not intended to be used as a permanent operating system
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. It runs from a Live CD, a USB flash drive
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or any type of hard drive. It was designed by a team led by François Dupoux, and is based on Arch Linux since version 6.0. 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
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modem
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or Ethernet
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and graphical web browser
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s such as Mozilla Firefox.
SystemRescue features include:
* GNU Parted and GParted to partition disks and resize partitions, including FAT32
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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
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- 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
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- a system tool that allows you to save the contents of a file-system to a compressed archive file
* nwipe - a secure data erasure tool (fork of DBAN) for harddrives to remove data remanence, supports Gutmann method plus other overwriting standard algorithms and patterns.
* 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
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Computing
* Hardware functionality scan, a security mechanism used in Microsoft Windows operating systems
* Hierarchical File System, a file system used by Apple Macintosh computers
* Hierarchical File System (IBM MVS), used MV ...
* Support for Intel x86 and PowerPC
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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
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, 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.
See also
* Parted Magic
* List of bootable data recovery software
References
External links
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Arch-based Linux distributions
Free data recovery software
Free security software
Linux distributions
Live USB
Operating system distributions bootable from read-only media