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BG-Rescue Linux

Version: 9.0.0   -   Released: 2021/12/30


BG-Rescue Linux is a very small Linux distribution (download-size < 20MB) which is intended mainly for rescue purposes.


Features

The system runs entirely in ram and can be booted either from usb-stick or cdrom. It can be booted either on BIOS or UEFI hardware. Besides i386 it also includes a 64bit Linux kernel generating the possibility to chroot into a 64bit (amd64) userspace environment. The system can serve as a full rescue / backup / restore system for Linux or Windows based computers or to facilitate the installation of a recent Debian oder Ubuntu Linux via debootstrap.

All the relevant major filesystems and many network cards are supported as well as mounting samba (cifs) and nfs shares over network. A wide range of disk- and filesystem utilities as well as strong compression tools are integrated, including a 64bit version of lrzip. Encrypted disks including LUKS are supported and there is limited BitLocker support. A graphical frontend (ytree) is also included.


Rescue-Boot Mode

BG-Rescue Linux can also be used as an initramfs (initrd) image to boot virtually any amd64/i386 Linux system. This feature can be useful in case of a failing boot loader. BG-Rescue Linux can serve its kernel and initramfs to prepare and mount the system's root partition and finally to run init/systemd.



Installation on a usb-stick (or sd-card)
You can use BG-Rescue Linux to boot from a usb-stick or a sd-card if your system supports it. During the installation process ALL DATA on the usb-stick will be erased.

    Under Windows:
        Download and unpack bgrescue-9.0.0.iso.xz using 7-zip
        alternatively download and unzip bgrescue-9.0.0.iso.zip
        Flash bgrescue-9.0.0.iso to your usb-stick using Win32 Disk Imager
        On the first boot you are given the opportunity to expand the image to fill the whole usb-stick. 

    Under Linux:
        Download bgrescue-9.0.0.iso.xz
        Flash your usb-stick using:    xzcat bgrescue-9.0.0.iso.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX bs=1M
        Please be sure to use the right device-name pointing to your stick (eg /dev/sdc).
        If you provide a wrong name all data on your harddisk may be destroyed.
        On the first boot you are given the opportunity to expand the image to fill the whole usb-stick. 

    Under MacOS:
        Download and unpack bgrescue-9.0.0.iso.xz using The Unarchiver
        alternatively download and unzip bgrescue-9.0.0.iso.zip
        Flash your usb-stick using:    sudo dd if=bgrescue-9.0.0.iso of=/dev/diskX bs=1m
        Please be sure to use the right device-name pointing to your stick (eg /dev/disk2).
        If you provide a wrong name all data on your harddisk may be destroyed.
        On the first boot you are given the opportunity to expand the image to fill the whole usb-stick. 



Installation on cdrom

    To create a bootable cdrom you just have to burn bgrescue-9.0.0.iso onto an empty cdrom.
Source: README.txt, updated 2021-12-30