BG-Rescue Linux 0.4.1

BG-Rescue Linux is a Busybox and uClibc-based rescue system with kernel 2.4.26 which supports the NTFS 2.1.6b driver. It is loaded either from two floppy disks or from one 2.8MB El Torito CD. The system runs entirely in RAM.
BG-Rescue Linux supports a wide range of hardware and filesystems, and can serve as a full backup/restore system for MS Windows systems that use FAT12, FAT16, or FAT32. It also includes bzip2, cabextract, cmdftp, cramfs, dosfstools, e2fsprogs, gpart, lilo, loadlin, lphdisk, mdadm, ms-sys, ntfsprogs, pcmcia-cardmgr, progsreiserfs, reiserfsck, smbclient, syslinux, umsdos-utils, and zip. There is support for automatically loading the F-Prot antivirus program from CD-ROM.
Supported Hardware:
Block Devices:
- IDE/ATAPI Disk/CD-Rom/Floppy/Tape Support
- Normal Floppy Disk Support
- Compaq SMART2 / Smart Array 5xxx
- Mylex DAC960/DAC1100 PCI Raid Controller
- Software RAID-0/1/4/5/Linear and LVM Support
- Loopback device
- Compressed Loop Image (cloop)
- USB Mass Storage support (with PocketBoy patch)
Network Devices:
- 3c509/3c529 (MCA)/3c579 "Etherlink III"
- 3c590/3c900 series (592/595/597) "Vortex/Boomerang"
- AMD LANCE and PCnet (AT1500, NE2100)
- AMD PCnet32 PCI Ethernet
- DECchip Tulip (dc21x4x) PCI
- EtherExpressPro/100 (eepro100, original Becker driver)
- Myson MTD 8xx PCI Ethernet
- NE2000 / NE1000 ISA-Cards (e.g. RealTek RTL-8019)
- NE2000 PCI and clones (e.g. RealTek RTL-8029)
- nForce Ethernet
- PLIP - Parallel Link cable
- RealTek RTL-8139 C+ PCI Fast Ethernet
- RealTek RTL-8139 PCI Fast Ethernet with old 8129/8130 and uncommon RTL-8139 rev. K
- SIS 900/7016 PCI Fast Ethernet
- TI ThunderLAN
- VIA Rhine
- Winbond W89c840 Ethernet
- TCP/IP-Networking
- USB Network Devices:
- ASIX AX88172 based ethernet device
- CATC NetMate based ethernet
- Communication Class Ethernet device
- KLSI KL5USB101 based ethernet
- Pegasus/Pegasus-II based ethernet
- Realtek RTL8150 based ethernet device
- USB-to-USB Networking Cables, Linux PDAs
- PCMCIA Network Devices:
- PCMCIA NE2000-Clones
- PCMCIA serial device
- Xircom 16-bit PCMCIA support
USB-Support:
- Host Controller Drivers: EHCI HCD (USB 2.0), OHCI, UHCI
- Preliminary USB Device Filesystem
- HIDBP Keyboard (basic)
- USB Mass Storage support (with PocketBoy patch)
- USB Network Devices (see above)
Console:
- VGA Text console
- VESA VGA graphics console 8bit
BUS / Ports:
- PCI / ISA Bus
- PCMCIA / Cardbus (network devices: see above)
- Serial port (standard / generic)
- Parallel Port
- Parallel Printer
- Keyboard support (generic / USB)
- Advanced Power Management BIOS Support
- Plug and Play Support / ISAPNP Support