SystemRescueCd 1.5.5 Comes with New USB Drive Installers

SystemRescueCd 1.5.5 is the latest update to the Gentoo-based system rescue Linux distro. It comes with updated kernels and several other changes. The biggest new additions are new tools to make USB installs easier on both Windows and Linux host machines.

“SystemRescueCd-1.5.5 comes with new installers for Linux and Windows that make it easy to install SystemRescueCd on a removable device. In other words it will be possible to just download the ISO image and run the installer. They come with up to date copies of the programs required during the installation so that it works even on system where recent versions of these tools are not installed,” François Dupoux explained in the official announcement.

On Linux, you can use the “usb_inst.sh” script available on the ISO image to install SystemRescueCd 1.5.5 to a USB drive. After you mount the image, you can run the script from the root of the ISO. The new script is based on the older “sysresccd-usbstick,” so the same command-line arguments still work.

For Windows users, the developers are providing an installation program. You have to download it along with the ISO and you can run it as it is, there’s no need to install anything. The program will guide you through the installation progress and you may need administrative rights to complete it.

Highlights of SystemRescueCd 1.5.5:

· Standard Linux kernel 2.6.33.05 - 32-bit and 64-bit versions;
· Alternative Linux kernel 2.6.32.14 - 32-bit and 64-bit versions;
· NTFS 3G 2010.5.16 drivers;
· Support for the NFS filesystem built into the standard 64-bit Linux kernel to fix PXE boot issues;
· Pxebootsrv can be used as an NFS server for PXE booting SystemRescueCd;
· New boot options: “nodhcp” to disable automatic dhcp in PXE boot and “nonm” to disable the NetworkManager service;
· Changes to simplify USB install;

SystemRescueCd 1.5.5 is available for download here on Softpedia.