Bullseye-based (deprecated)
Download platon-rescue-bullseye.img
MD5: 1343d99d47a6352680eb429dda665e55
Multiboot+extras (deprecated)
Download platon-rescue-multi.img
MD5: 469d82ed91f68c4bc0a4dadd42e45d76
Features
- boot to RAM (768 MB, 1 GB recommended)
- disk management:
fdisk, gdisk, parted, lvm2, mdadm, zpool, e2fsprogs (badblocks), xfsprogs, dosfstools, megacli, storcli, hpacucli, ipssend, cciss-vol-status, megactl, sas2ircu
- networking:
traceroute, tcpdump, telnet(d), ssh(d), ifconfig, iproute2, iwlist, links
How to use
- Run
dd if=platon-rescue-buster.img of=/dev/sdX bs=4M
where sdX is your USB drive - Boot from USB
- Login as root, no password required
Changelog
2025-09-26 (Trixie)
- released new version based on Debian Trixie
- dropped i386 support due to Debian upstream itself dropping it
- python2 still available
- zfs-dkms is now using the version from backports which should be latest
- changed the system used to build the image to the official debian live
- the new image is a proper hybrid ISO instead of a raw disk image
2024-07-11 (Bookworm)
- added packages sanoid, mbuffer and sudo to the image
- upgraded to bleeding-edge ZFS to prevent compatibility issues
2024-03-07 (Bookworm)
- released new version based on Debian Bookworm
- python3 rewrite of bscp (python2 and bscp2 still available but deprecated)
- upgraded fuse to fuse3 (fusermount)
- added btrfs filesystem support
- arch-install-scripts added (arch-chroot, pacstrap)
- zstd compression used for squashfs and initrd (zstd binary added)
- removed iwlwifi package from i386 image as devices with affected chipsets support 64-bit
2023-12-10 (Bullseye)
- released new version based on Debian Bullseye
- added relayd, block-cp
- added scripts when-load.sh and progress.sh
2021-10-31
- added wpa_supplicant for connecting to WPA secured wifi hotspots
- added bscp, progress, pv
2021-05-04
- updated to ZFS 2.0 from Debian Buster backports
- changed squashfs compression to zstd
- added wireless-tools (iw* commands), DHCP client, realtek, b43 and iwlwifi firmware
- enabled SSH root login
- enabled progress indicator during kernel, initrd and squashfs loading
- updated boot to RAM requirements and added deprecation note to Stretch builds
2021-01-22
- added traceroute, process utils, mdadm data offset
- fixed possible security issue with telnetd
2020-04-22
- added ZFS support, ddrescue
- updated packages
2019-09-25
- added multiboot version with extra features
2019-08-13
- added package f3
- released new version based on Debian Buster
- updated to the newest Debian Stretch release