Sysresccd-manual-en Downloading and burning

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[edit] Downloading

SystemRescueCd is provided as an ISO image file. This ISO has to be burned and will produce a bootable CD-ROM. It means SystemRescueCd is not software that can be installed over an existing operating system.

You can download the ISO image file with your favourite browser. Sometimes, the file is shown in the navigator's main window instead of being downloaded. If you have problems, please, download the file with wget. Wget is often installed by default under Linux, and a Windows version is available (search for wget.exe with google). Downloading with wget is easy: just type the following command:

wget <address-of-the-iso-file>

Once the file is downloaded, you can check that there was no error, with md5sum. Run md5sum on the iso file, and compare with the MD5 number that is given on the website. If this is the same number, the file has no errors.

[edit] Burning

You can burn the ISO image file with most burning software. Under Windows, Nero does this very well. Under Linux, you can use wodim (alternative to cdrecord).

Burning with wodim is easy. First, type wodim --devices in order to get the identifier for your device.

Then, type the following to actually burn an iso image:

wodim dev=/dev/scXX -v systemrescuecd-x86-x.y.z.iso in a console.

For instance:

wodim dev=/dev/sr0 speed=8 -v sysresccd-x.y.z.iso