Software Update: SystemRescue 9.01

Version 9.01 of SystemRescue has been released. SystemRescue is a self-starting Linux environment for managing or repairing a system and data after a crash. It is intended to easily perform admin tasks such as creating and editing the hard drive partitions. It comes with various programs such as GParted, fsarchiver, file system tools, editors, Midnight Commander and network tools. It can be used for both Linux and Windows computers and does not require installation, but it is possible. The kernel supports all major file systems such as ext3/ext4, xfs, btrfs, reiserfs, jfs, vfat, ntfs, and network file systems such as SMB and NFS. The changelog for this release looks like this:

Changes in version 9.01:

• Updated the kernel to the Long-Term-Supported linux-5.15.22
• Support for adding Certification Authorities (CAs) via YAML config (Gerd v. Egidy)
• Uncompress kernel modules so the squashfs compression provides a better ratio (#247)
• Optimized the initramfs compression to reduce the size of the ISO (Gerd v. Egidy)
• Added development build option: faster build times but lower compression (Gerd v. Egidy)
• Remove Q-Logic Fibrechannel/Infiniband HBA firmware to save space (#256)
• Implemented a script to determine the effective configuration from yaml files (#251)
• Added boot option ‘sysrescuecfg’ to control how the configuration is loaded (#254)
• Added support for loading remote yaml configuration files over http/https (#254)
• Allow all kinds of scripts to be used for autorun, not just /bin/sh (Gerd v. Egidy)