Rescue your Windows GNU/Linux systems - Rescatux Super Grub2 Disk

Time 2020-12-14 05:03:24

Web Name: Rescue your Windows GNU/Linux systems - Rescatux Super Grub2 Disk

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Rescatux 0.73 released Rescatux is a Debian GNU/Linux based live cd aimed at GNU/Linux and Microsoft Windows rescue tasks thanks to its graphical wizard named Rescapp.Rescatux 0.73 stable version has been just released is available for you to download.USB DEVICE: Please use Etcher (or dd carefully if you are an expert) to flash the iso to your usb device (Warning: The complete usb device is erased). Other methods based on external tools that put many ISOs into a single usb are discouraged and not supported because it s not easy that the resultant USB will support all the as-is Rescatux supported systems.CDROM or DVDROM: Burn the iso with k3b, brasero, nero burning rom, or your favourite burning tool (it fits under 700 MiB).Secure BootBIOS/EFI platformKernel ArchBoot?Onx64 EFIamd64YesOnx64 EFIi386Seems not to workOnia32 EFIamd64Non testedOnia32 EFIi386Non testedSecure BootBIOS/EFI platformKernel ArchBoot?Offx64 EFIamd64YesOffx64 EFIi386YesOffia32 EFIamd64Non testedOffia32 EFIi386Non testedSecure BootBIOS/EFI platformKernel ArchBoot?OffBIOSamd64YesOffBIOSi386YesSupported systems tableYou can watch the Rescatux 0.73 hands on video where you will find a mini tutorial on how to use Rescatux 0.73. Easy GNU/Linux Boot Fix option is featured. The last Rescatux stable version was released on October 2012. That s about eight years ago.Many changes have happened to Rescatux since then. UEFI options which became mainstream at 2015 have been added. Secure Boot support has been added. Rescapp is now its own program.Rescapp had some serious usability flaws that have been fixed. When you run an option you never knew if it was working ok. Now you have an status for the option.Finally the complete nightmare of pop-ups that were shown when an option is run have been replaced by nice coloured scrolling messages.One of the best improvement has been done recently. Rescapp has been improved so that every option is properly documented (as well as a non native English speaker can write). Not only every question explains all the steps that it performs and the questions they are going to make but some scenarios are explained so that you can understand what s the most suitable scenario when to use the option.Rescatux 0.73 supports booting from UEFI Secure Boot and traditional BIOS. Both amd64 and 686 systems are supported. includes Rescapp, a graphical rescue tool that will assist users to regain access to a computer that has become non-bootable among many other features.Change Gnu/Linux Password : Change a user s passwordFile System Check (Forced Fix) : File System Check (Forced Fix)Easy GNU/Linux Boot Fix : Fsck partition, update grub menues, restore GRUB into the MBR and order UEFI entriesRestore Grub : Restore GRUB into the MBRRegenerate sudoers file : Define a new sudoers fileUpdate Grub Menus : Update GRUB Configuration FileUEFI Partition Status : Check UEFI partition statusCheck UEFI Boot : Check if Rescatux has boot in UEFI modeCreate UEFI Boot Entry : Create a new UEFI Boot entry out of your EFI filesChange UEFI Boot Order : Change UEFI Boot orderReinstall Microsoft Windows UEFI : Reinstall Microsoft Windows UEFI boot entriesFake Microsoft Windows UEFI : Fake Microsoft Windows UEFI boot entryHide Microsoft Windows UEFI : Hide Microsoft Windows UEFI boot entry and define default fallback one.Easy Windows Admin : Promote to Admin, Reset Windows (NT,200x,XP,Vista,Seven) password and unlock userReset Windows password : Reset Windows (NT,200x,XP,Vista,Seven,10) passwordPromote Windows user to Admin : Promote Windows (NT,200x,XP,Vista,Seven,10) user to AdministratorUnlock Windows user : Unlock Windows (NT,200x,XP,Vista,Seven,10) userBoot Info Script : Boot Information ScriptCheck bios_grub partition on GPT : Check if there is a bios_grub partition on a GPT diskGptsync : Create an hybrid MBR inside a GPT partition (Gptsync)Recompute Hybrid GPT/MBR CHS : Recompute CHS values on an hybrid GPT/MBR partitiont tableRestore Windows MBR : Restore generic MBR code so that Windows boots againSystem Info Script (Inxi) : System Info Script (Inxi)Chat : Get online human help (chat)Help : Help on using RescappShare log : Share Rescatux logs. It generates a pastebin in paste.debian.net and shows it to you so that you can copy and paste the url in the chat.Share log on forum : Share Rescatux logs on a forum. It generates a temporary file ready to copy and paste on your favourite forum (ubuntuforums.org and others).Show log : Show Rescatux logs so that you can ask help and supporters can know what happens when you run Rescatux optionsWeb : Access online Rescatux websiteGparted : GParted is a free partition editor for graphically managing your disk partitions.Testdisk : Testdisk is a text wizard drive program for rescuing disks, partitions, and files.Photorec : Photorec is a text wizard drive program for rescuing files. Despite its name it recovers much more files than photo files. Grub menu recovers Auto entry. Grub menu boots into Auto entry in 60 seconds. Built source code now includes rescapp and chntpw packages. Stable version. Rest of the plugins documentation has been updated to match 2019 gui.Removed tooltips from main menu. Added initial useful explanations on options documentation. Disable action buttons when an option is run. UEFI options now show the final user when the backup of EFI directory fails. README reorganisation. Stable version. Graphical interface is not shown if you have newest Amd videocards from 2020Encrypted partitions need to open manually via the CLI (if they are ever needed in order to rescue your system). That s not strictly a bug but a non-fullfilled request for enhacement (RFE).Rescatux is designed in such a way that you can use it on your own offline by just reading its help. Although the documentation could be much better written.I am unable to keep a proper forum up right now. So if you have any question or suggestion I recommend you to open a new issue in the Rescapp issue tracker. Please before opening a new issue check if your problem was already was asked and solved in the Rescapp issue tracker question labeled issues.Q: Tell us about Rescatux. Where, how and why?A: Before Grub2 was the norm there was Grub which was able to edit minimally your system (install grub on the mbr). I develop a GUI around it named Super Grub Disk, later on I improved it by modifying its source code. But then Grub2 started to be used by default in many distributions. Super Grub2 Disk was born, a GUI around Grub2 but, guess what, it couldn t install grub on the mbr. So a live cd was needed and I started to tinker with Rescatux around 2010.Q: For those people that still do not know Rescatux, can you please explain what Rescatux is?A: It s a Debian GNU/Linux based live cd aimed at rescue tasks. It features Rescapp a graphical wizard for helping to recover your system.Q: Why did you choose the Rescatux name?A: In Spanish it might mean Rescate Linux. And in English Rescue a Tux computer. I also wanted one single name (contrary to the three words from Super Grub2 Disk).Q: Who s in charge of the development?A: Most of the development is done by me, adrian15. Many people have helped all along these almost ten years.Q: What s the Rescatux target audience?A: GNU/Linux newbies such as Ubuntu users in 2015 and MX Linux users in 2020. It s also targeted to repair technicians and, of course, distro hoppers.Q: What are the main difficulties on developing Rescatux?A1: Lack of time.A2: When I m able to build on Debian 9, then Debian 10 appears and I have to rethink all of it.A3: live-build, one of the Debian tools for making live cds was not as good as I needed it to be and I needed to improve it, then push back the changes to upstream. A4: Getting useful feedback from people who uses Rescatux (even having an integrated chat) is difficult.A5: Nobody has steped in to add CI/CD and check if Rescatux always fixes the same problems. We would need something similar to what ReactOS and Tails do on their projects.A6: Lack of contributors. This is not a tool where, as a developer, you can learn useful skills for your everyday work unless you are GNU/Linux repair technician.A7: I prefer QT but Gparted, Firefox and other projects are based on GTK and make Rescatux iso slightly bigger.A8: UEFI, Secure Boot and what not. We live in a time where old BIOS systems and new UEFI systems are available. Both need to be supported and also Secure Boot. And trying to test Secure Boot in a virtual machine is not easy. You cannot use Virtualbox but you need to setup and user KVM/Qemu in special ways. And many UEFI firmwares are not very well programmed.Q: What are the main collaborations or help you received on Rescatux ?A: The most recent contributor is cjg67 which helped a lot on improving written English in Rescapp. It s also nice that many Linux magazines write articles about it and even record DVDs with Rescatux in them. Q: Can you tell us anything about the Rescatux future?A: Rescapp, the main Rescatux program is stable. It might need some options reorganisation (feedback is welcomed) or some documentation rewriting. But it is stable. My mid term goal on Rescatux is bringing back my work on live-boot, live-build, liveid, chntpw (which I will fork), and rescapp back to Debian. If one such goal is achieved one could be able to install rescapp on a Debian live cd thanks to the apt-get command.ALL: How to test the iso. What really piss me off is those people which create a new empty virtual machine and start up Rescatux cdrom without any installed operating system in their virtual machine. This might be ok for your regular GNU/Linux distribution live cd but not for Rescatux. You are not going to enjoy how Rescapp recover your boot and al. Please setup a dual boot (e.g. Windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.04) environment and try to play with Rescapp boot options. Forget your GNU/Linux password on purpose. If you try the EFI mode in Virtualbox remember that you never have to power off the machine. Just reboot it from inside your installation or save the vm state and later on resume it. Else you might find out that you lose the your recently installed UEFI menu. Finally if you are expert enough try to setup a KVM/Qemu with actual Secure Boot instead.ALL: More than Rescapp. You might be tempted to skip the boot menues and the Rescatux startup wizard in your explanations because the useful thing is Rescapp. Don t miss the opportunity to talk about it because it ensures to be shown in the middle of two screens and allows Rescatux to be accessed via VNC. Change your keyboard and so on.Distrowatch: Thank you for helping me to bring Rescatux and Super Grub2 Disk to your audience. Rescatux is targeted at newbie Ubuntu users (which I guess that nowadays are the newbie MX Linux users), repair technicians and distro hoppers. Hopefully one day I can find time to develop a new standard based on rss so that you can keep track of new distribution releases in a semi-automated way. BTW if you come from Distrowatch weekly where this announcement is featured your feedback is welcomed in the DW comments. I ll try to participate and solve doubts if anyone has them.Linux Magazine: Thank you for making your 167 number Fast Help article free for everyone to read. Ferdinand Thommes (the article writer) came into the Rescatux irc channel back in the day for having updated feedback from us. It was nice meeting him.Linux Magazine: Your 228 issue had a DVD with Super Grub2 Disk. The DVD label mockup should have had the version (2.04s1 or whatever) in addition to Super Grub2. E.g. Super Grub2 2.04s1. Anyways I m grateful and at the same time amazed because this is about 17 MB burned into a 4.3 GiB DVD side !!! Once I manage to add Secure Boot support to Super Grub2 Disk I need to build an iso that features both SG2D and Rescatux so that not so much space is wasted.Destination Linux: I watched your DL138 episode (48 minute). I liked Noah explanation on saying that when Grub does not boot it it s usually a synthom that something else is bad. Hopefully one day you cover Rescatux release.Carey Holzman: I enjoy watching you repairing computers. One of the last episodes I saw was LIVE Tech-Vets show #150 where I learnt how the new worldwide state was being dealt in the U.S.A. and among computer repair men. I also enjoyed your rant on your wife employer not giving her a laptop and a separate internet connection. I guess Parted Magic (which it s a paying product) is more suited for many of your tasks but it would be nice you could try Rescatux and give me some live feedback that I can use back to improve Rescatux usability or functionality. It s usually hard for me to receive useful feedback. Usually people are in a hurry to use Rescatux and if it doesn t work they switch to another solution.MuyLinux: I sent you an email many years ago telling you that Rescatux was going to be released as an stable version very soon. It seems I lied to you XD. You have invited me many times to write an article about Rescatux (which I have declined because I preferred to work on improving Rescatux) but I think I will leave it to you. After all if I write it myself I might lose the opportunity on grasping how Rescatux is perceived by someone other than me.Barrapunto: Hi kandinski! Hopefully one day you can surprise all of us and reopen the site. I miss writing in my own bitacora.Meneame (not the site owners but its community):Message for the one who brings potatoes: This is a proud GNU/Linux distribution. I should write it down more often. Hopefully the GNU and Tux background makes you happy enough to forgive me not writing GNU/Linux after everytime I write Rescatux. I have thought on bringing back my barrapunto bitacora back as meneame articles but I m not quite convinced. Any replacement for Barrapunto that you recommend me? Thank you.If you are commenting on a new Rescatux article on meneame make sure to ask your doubts there. I might be around and reply to them

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