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Online Manual
Here is the list of all the detailed online documentation available in English for the SystemRescueCD project.
For the impatient
- Quick start guide: read this if this is the first time you use the livecd
Basic usage
- Overview of the livecd
- Downloading and burning
- Booting SystemRescueCd and list of boot options supported
- Booting SystemRescueCd v5 (legacy version)
- How to install SystemRescueCd on an USB-stick
- Installing SystemRescueCd on the disk
- Starting to use the system
- Network: configuration and programs
- System software
- Mounting an NTFS partition with full Read-Write support
Advanced usage
- Creating a backing-store to keep your modifications
- Creating SystemRescue Modules with custom files or packages
- PXE network booting with SystemRescueCd
- Booting a broken linux system on the hard disk
- Run your own scripts at start-up with autorun
- How to burn a DVD with SystemRescueCd
- Secure Deletion of Data
- Manage remote servers using SystemRescueCd
- Backup data from an unbootable Windows computer
- Backup and transfer your data using rsync
Administration scripts
LVM (Logical Volume Manager)
- LVM: Overview of the logical volume manager
- LVM: How the logical volume manager works
- LVM: Booting linux from LVM volumes
- LVM: Moving the linux rootfs to an LVM volume
- LVM: Making consistent backups with LVM
Disk partitioning
- Introduction to disk partitioning
- Partitions attributes (identifiers, flags, names)
- Standard partitioning tools for Linux
- The new GPT disk Layout for disk partitioning
- Grub: description of the boot stages
- Repairing a damaged Grub