SystemRescue 11.00

11.00) 2024-01-28:

• Updated the kernel to the Long-Term-Supported linux-6.6.14
• Added option “ssh_known_hosts” in yaml config to trust SSH CAs signatures on host keys
• Fix the “findroot” boot option when /sbin/init is an absolute symlink (#340)
• Fix the “findroot” loop when the password to any encrypted device is unknown (#342)
• Update XFCE Configuration (enabled screen saver, added battery icon)
• Package “dstat” has been replaced with “dool” which is a fork of dstat
• Added bcachefs-tools (file system utilities for bcachefs, no kernel module yet)
• Added blocksync-fast (block device sync tool for block-based backups) (#361)
• Added sleuthkit (tools for raw file system inspection) (#349)
• Added timeshift (snapshot-based backup program) (#350)

10.02) 2023-09-16:

• Added nmon (Nigel’s Performance Monitoring tool for Linux) (#351)
• Added libldm (Tools for managing Microsoft Windows Dynamic Disks) (#348)

10.01) 2023-05-27:

• Removed recent ext4 features from the defaults to improve compatibility (#330)
• Added package: speedtest-cli (command for testing internet bandwidth)
• Removed package which has been dropped by upstream: zile (emacs clone)

10.00) 2023-03-19:

• Updated the kernel to the Long-Term-Supported linux-6.1.20
• Added grub loopback.cfg support (Daniel Richard G) (#326)
• Add boot customization hooks for grub and syslinux
• Add “gui_autostart” YAML config to run programs when X is started
• Bring back xf86-video-qxl driver as its bugs have been fixed (#324)
• Removed deprecated autorun features (autoruns=, scripts with \r\n, old paths) (#315)
• Added pass and qtpass (simple password manager which supports GnuPG encryption)
• Added packages: casync, stressapptest, stress-ng, tk

9.06) 2022-12-18:

• Added Memtest86+ memory tester v6.00 for UEFI in the Grub boot menu (#308)
• sysrescueusbwriter to create USB media on Linux, creates writable FAT filesystem
• Added pacman-faketime command to work around expired package signing keys (#313)
• “dovnc” option now implies “dostartx” again (#310)
• Added “bash_history” and “hosts” options to the “sysconfig” scope of the YAML config file
• Reduced timeout until automatic boot with default options from 90 to 30 seconds
• Support for using a serial console in bootloader and boot options (ttyS0,115200n8)
• ISO images now have a checksum embedded against accidental corruption (isomd5sum)
• Added packages: inxi, libfaketime

9.05) 2022-10-21:

• Split initialization of SystemRescue into parts done before and in parallel to networking (#304)
• Add a new style for configuring autorun scripts (“autorun.exec”) (#287)
• Change the default for ar_nowait to true: don’t wait at the end of autorun by default anymore
• Deprecate storing autorun scripts in the root of the boot disk (#252)
• Bind-mount /run/archios/bootmnt in case of copytoram to create a stable path for use in autorun
• Add yay AUR helper (#139)
• Allow https-URLs for the archiso_http_srv option by disabling certificate checks
• Don’t waste ram when using the archiso_http_srv option (#56)
• mountall: run udevadm settle to mount newly opened cryptodisks, improve messages
• Add rclone option to the “sysconfig” scope of YAML config file, it writes a rclone.conf file
• Add sysctl option to the “sysconfig” scope of YAML config file
• Added packages: whois (mkpasswd)

9.04) 2022-08-07:

• Updated the kernel to the Long-Term-Supported linux-5.15.58
• “cow_label” and “cow_directory” boot options can now also be set via the YAML config file
• New “nomdlvm” boot option doesn’t activate md raid and lvm devices, preventing disk writes (#272)
• Speed up boot process and fix pacman usage by using a preconfigured pacman trust database (#290)
• Improve “mountall” script: detect more partitions, ignore swap, LUKS encryption support
• Improve “mountall” script: add –readonly option, reuse empty mountpoints
• Fix DNS name resolution during the initramfs boot phase
• The “ca-trust” config option is applied to Firefox too
• Add options to the “sysconfig” scope of YAML configs: timezone, authorized_keys, bookmarks
• Fix configuration when there is no YAML file at all (e.g. when booting via PXE)
• Added packages: rclone, qemu-img, multipath-tools, unrar

9.03) 2022-05-28:

• Updated the kernel to the Long-Term-Supported linux-5.15.43
• Added “autoterminal” to run custom scripts in dedicated consoles for user interaction
• Added “mountall” script which mounts all available disks and volumes
• Updated “sysrescuecfg” boot option to merge given files after files in sysrescue.d
• Changed YAML config file loading logic to fully merge multiple files (#254)
• Added packages: acpi, fatresize, kexec-tools, moreutils, python-pythondialog

9.02 (2022-04-09):

• Updated the kernel to the Long-Term-Supported linux-5.15.32
• Add script and config.yaml parameter for late-loading of SystemRescueModules (SRM) (Gerd v. Egidy)
• Fix the type of the default definition of parameter “ar_attempts” (#266)
• Added scripts and documentation to help build the ISO image in a docker container
• Reduce compression ratio for initramfs on i686 to prevent a crash at build time (#261)
• Updated disk utilities: GParted-1.4.0 and partclone-0.3.19

9.01 (2022-02-10):

• 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)