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Getting SystemRescueCd
You can download SystemRescueCd immediately from this page. If you cannot download it you can order a bootable CDRom or USB-stick with the latest SystemRescueCd already on it from the popular osdisc website.
Downloading and writing the CD
SystemRescueCD is very easy to run. Just download the ISO file, write it to a CDROM, and boot it.
See the link below to download with your favorite browser or download the SystemRescueCD ISO image with wget, a simple and reliable download tool.
Type wget -c address in a console. If there is a problem with the download, try again with -c, and it will continue. Here is a win32 version of wget .
Download final stable version for i586/amd64 (default choice)
| Stable x86: | SystemRescueCd-x86-2.7.0 (366 MiB) |
| Release date: | 2012-05-12 |
| Download | Sourceforge download |
| Changelog | Changelog for x86 |
| md5sum | 63db0498fc321610e06db749aebb2375 |
| sha1sum | 4c56e0734cd911c28a283d61280b669103da0aa0 |
| sha256sum | f1d090e12e299423d3efd2c999272dd94f78aaa5a73fb183662233aabf0d471f |
You may also want to download old versions (download links and md5sum)
Beta/unstable versions
Beta versions are available too. If you want to test the latest features/updates, or just need it, you can test next version and help us debug new features.
Download final stable version for SPARC (Sun architecture)
| Stable sparc: | SystemRescueCd-sparc-0.4.0 (83.1 MiB) |
| Release date: | 2007-09-30 |
| Download | Download now (Changelog) |
| md5sum | 74a319bada9e2888ebfff6dcfc925017 |
| sha1sum | 3019e97b44403550f21d391024bc062187ffa6c7 |
Testing the downloaded file
To confirm that the download was successful, you should check the MD5 checksum of the file. Type md5sum path/to/file. md5sum is available at md5deep. This is an improved version. Here are the binary for Win32, and the sources for Linux.
sha1sum is a more secure than md5sum to hash files. This program is a part of coreutils for linux and there is also sha1sum.exe for win32.
Writing the ISO image file to a CD:
On linux use wodim or cdrecord.
First: cdrecord -scanbus to get the identifier numbers of your device.
Then: cdrecord dev=x,y,z -v systemrescuecd-x86-x.y.z.iso in a console.
On Windows use software such as Nero or download ImgBurn which is free.
Installation on an USB stick
If you are interested in installing SystemRescueCd on an USB stick, you must download the CD-ROM version of the rescue disk, and copy several files yourself, as explained in the manual. Thus, there is only one file to download for both CD-ROM and USB versions of SystemRescueCd.
Online documentation
Reading the Quick Start Guide is recommended if it is your first time using SystemRescueCd. It's also available in German, French, Spanish, Italian. You may also be interested in the Complete documentation for more details.