François Dupoux announced earlier today, November 9th, the immediate availability of the SystemRescueCd 1.3.2 operating system. The new version of the tiny, Gentoo-based Linux distribution for system administrators and data recovery tasks comes now with the latest 2.6.31.5 Linux kernel, the alternative Linux kernel 2.6.27.38, a few important updated packages and a couple of other improvements. SystemRescueCd 1.3.2 also introduces initial support for Super Grub Disk! Without further introduction, let's have a detailed look at what's new in SystemRescueCd 1.3.2:

· Updated the standard Linux kernel packages to version 2.6.31.5 (with support for the Btrfs filesystem);
· Updated the alternative Linux kernel packages to version 2.6.27.38;
· Updated LVM2 (Logical Volume Manager) to version 2.02.51;
· Updated the Xorg Server to version 1.6.3.901;
· Updated dmraid to version 1.0.0 RC16;
· Updated mdadm to version 3.0.2;
· Updated GParted to version 0.4.8;
· Updated NTFS3G (Advanced NTFS-3G Features) to version 2009.4.4-AR21;
· Added Super Grub Disk 1.21;
· Added support for framebuffer video in the standard Linux kernel (the vga=xxx boot option);
· Replaced the Xvesafb graphical mode with the Xfbdev one.

About SystemRescueCd

SystemRescueCd, a Linux-based Live CD, is a quick and easy way to repair systems and recover data after serious crashes. With tools ranging from partition managers and disk diagnostic mechanisms (like TestDisk and sfdisk) to basic, day-to-day applications (text editors, Midnight Commander, etc.), as well as support for all important filesystems, SystemRescueCd is a solution that anyone who is experiencing data loss or other system-related problems should consider using.

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