ALT Linux Rescue is a moderate sized LiveCD distribution that is designed to help sysadmins fix and repair many kinds of problems with systems they are or feel responsible for; so it comes with tools aiding to:
- perform hardware diagnostics
- resize partitions
- fix bootloaders, partitions, filesystems
- recover partitions and files
- backup and restore to network servers
- deal with optical, tape and file archives
- optimize filesystem usage
- diagnose network problems and remote services
- wipe partitions and drives clean
- access Android devices, reset Windows passwords, etc.
- investigate unauthorized access/security breach events
All of that is packaged into a convenient hybrid ISO image file suitable for both CD/DVD media and USB Flash pendrives.
The resulting media should be bootable on most x86 systems:
- 32-bit ones starting roughly with Intel Pentium II/160M or equivalent,
- 64-bit ones on any AMD64 compatible hardware with BIOS or UEFI.
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