Rescuezilla 2.5, a distribution designed for backup, system recovery, and diagnostics of various hardware problems, is now available. The distribution is built on a package base. Ubuntu and continues to develop the Redo Backup & Rescue project, the development of which was discontinued in 2012. Live builds for 64-bit x86 systems (1.2 GB) and a deb package for installation in are available for download. Ubuntu.
Rescuezilla supports backup and recovery of accidentally deleted files in partitions Linux, macOS и WindowsNetwork partitions that can be used for storing backups are automatically searched and mounted. The graphical interface is based on the LXDE shell. The backup format is fully compatible with the Clonezilla distribution. Restoration supports Clonezilla, Redo Rescue, Foxclone, and FSArchiver images, as well as images virtual machines in VirtualBox VDI, VMWare VMDK, QEMU QCOW2, Hyper-V VHDx and .dd/.img formats.
In the new version:
- Added 64-bit release-based builds Ubuntu 24.04, 23.10, 23.04, 22.04 and 20.04, as well as a 32-bit build based on Ubuntu 18.04.
- The partclone utility has been updated to version 0.3.27 with improved Btrfs support.
- Added an experimental command-line interface that supports only disk images created in Clonezilla and Rescuezilla, and implements backup, verification, restore, and cloning operations.
- A set for automated testing of assemblies has been put into operation.
- It is possible to continue scanning an image after errors occur (errors when accessing individual directories no longer block work).
- Fixed an issue that caused a crash when attempting to back up md-raid devices with MBR partition tables.
- Added blocking for laptops to go into sleep mode when closing the lid.
- Fixed an issue that caused loading to fail Windows in case of failure when trying to backup or clone the working environment Windows.
Additionally, we can note the publication of the release of SystemRescue 11.01, a specialized Live distribution based on Arch Linux, designed for system recovery after a crash. It uses Xfce as the graphical environment. The ISO image size is 941 MB (amd64). The new version includes updated kernel versions. Linux 6.6.30, GParted 1.6.0 partition editor, and nwipe 0.36 disk cleaner. A script for adding ZFS support to custom ISO images has been added. Firmware for Qlogic cards has been added.
Source: opennet.ru
