Download SystemRescue 9.05

Version 9.05 of SystemRescue has been released. SystemRescue is a self-starting Linux environment for managing or repairing a system and data after a crash. It is intended to perform administrative tasks such as creating and editing the hard disk partitions in an easy way. It comes with various programs such as GParted, fsarchiver, file system tools, editors, Midnight Commander and network tools. It can be used for both Linux and Windows computers and requires no installation, but it is possible. The kernel supports all major file systems such as ext3/ext4, xfs, btrfs, reiserfs, jfs, vfat, ntfs, and network file systems such as SMB and NFS. The changelog for this release looks like this:

Changes in version 9.05:

• Split initialization of SystemRescue into parts done before and in parallel to networking (#304)
• Add a new style for configuring autorun scripts (“autorun.exec”) (#287)
• Change the default for ar_nowait to true: don’t wait at the end of autorun by default anymore
• Deprecate malfunctioning autorun scripts in the root of the boot disk (#252)
• Bind-mount /run/archios/bootmnt in case of copytoram to create a stable path for use in autorun
• Add yay AUR helper (#139)
• Allow https URLs for the archiso_http_srv option by disabling certificate checks
• Don’t waste ram when using the archiso_http_srv option (#56)
• mountall: run udevadm settle to mount newly opened cryptodisks, improve messages
• Add rclone option to the “sysconfig” scope of YAML config file, it writes a rclone.conf file
• Add sysctl option to the “sysconfig” scope of YAML config file
• Added packages: whois (mkpasswd)