Linux distribution
Super Grub2 2.06s4
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Super Grub! Nate Drake shares how it worms its way into unbootable systems.
IN BRIEF
Super Grub2 Disk 2.06s4 boots broken OSes with ease but we want detected systems displayed at the top of the list. A repair option for corrupted/boot partitions would be great, too.
SPECS
CPU: 1GHz Mem: 512MB HDD: N/A Builds: i386, x86_64, i386efi, x86_64-efi
The words ‘super’ and ‘grub’ seldom go together but the title is well earned in the case of this live CD, as it allows users to boot into virtually any operating system.
The moniker Grub2 derives from the fact that given GRUB2 was a complete rewrite of the GRUB bootloader, Super Grub2 Disk includes changes to GRUB Legacy. Another crucial change to this version of the OS is that it cannot write to the system partition or MBR at all. Naturally, this means it’s incapable of repairing corrupted drives but it can rescue booting of a number of systems.