SystemRescueCd is a Linux system available from a bootable CDROM that provides an easy way to perform administrative tasks on your computer, such as creating and editing the partitions of the hard disk or backing up data.

System Rescue CD contains a lot of system utilities (such as parted, partimage, and fstools), and basic programs (such as editors, midnight commander, and network tools).

It also includes QtParted, a Partition Magic clone that makes editing partitons easy with its Qt graphical user interface. This CDROM aims to be very easy to use and accessible to everybody.

Here are some key features of "System Rescue CD":

· GNU Parted is the best tool for editing your disk partitions under linux
· QtParted is a Partition Magic clone for Linux.
· Partimage is a Ghost/Drive-image clone for Linux
· File systems tools (e2fsprogs, reiserfsprogs, xfsprogs, jfsutils, ntfsprogs, dosfstools): they allow you to format, resize, debug an existing partition of your hard disk
· Sfdisk allows you to backup and restore your partition table

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Updated the standard kernels to Linux-2.6.29.6
· Updated the alternative kernels to Linux-2.6.27.25
· Updated the sysresccd-cleansys script with the new packages list
· Updated aufs to aufs2-git-20090622 for linux-2.6.29 (standard kernels)
· Updated sys-fs/fsarchiver to 0.5.8 (filesystems backup/deployment tool)
· Updated sys-fs/e2fsprogs to 1.41.7 (ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem tools)
· Added sys-fs/mtd-utils-20080907 (contains the tools related to ubifs)
· Added net-analyzer/macchanger-1.5.0 (change the mac address of an interface)
· Updated sys-fs/ntfs3g to version 2009.4.4-AR12 (ntfs-3g advanced release)
· pxe boot fix: allow thttpd to send files with the execution permission
· Added mdadm support in the initial boot process