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SystemRescueCD 1.1.3 Introduces Kernel 2.6.27.7 with Reiser4

Includes FSArchiver 0.1.6, GParted 0.4.1 and NTFS-3G 1.5130.

By Marius Nestor, Linux Editor

8th of December 2008, 07:33 GMT

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Yet another stable version of the SystemRescueCD was released today, a few hours ago, and it's powered by a new Linux kernel (version 2.6.27.7) with support for the Reiser4 filesystem; software updates for important packages, such as GParted, NTFS-3G or memtest86+, and a handful of bug fixes.

Highlights of SystemRescueCD 1.1.3:

· The standard Linux kernel packages were updated to version 2.6.27.7 (with support for Reiser4);
· The alternative Linux kernel packages were updated to version 2.6.27.7 (with support for Reiser4);
· memtest86+ was updated to version 2.10;
· The NTFS-3G software was updated to version 1.5130 (offers full read/write support for NTFS filesytems);
· The backup tool for Linux filesystems, FSArchiver, was updated to version 0.1.6;
· squashfs was updated to version 3.4 and it has lzma support;
· GParted was updated to version 0.4.1;
· Support for the ext4 filesystem was backported from the release candidate version of the Linux kernel 2.6.28;
· Added core-iscsi-tools and iscsitarget;
· The pxe network boot bug was fixed and it can now get a dynamic IP address;
· Fixed thttpd permissions bug.

SystemRescueCD is a Live CD Linux distribution that is very useful for repairing your system(s) and recovering lost data after a system crash. With SystemRescueCD, you can also edit and create partitions on your hard disks. It contains a large number of system utilities, such as partimage, parted, fstools, etc. Also, you will have tools for basic tasks, like text editing, file management and some network related tools. SystemRescueCD is always powered by a recent Linux kernel package that supports the popular filesystems, such as ext2/ext3, ReiserFS, Reiser4, XFS, NTFS, FAT32, and even network filesystems like SAMBA and NFS.

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