Linux distribution
Rescatux 0.73
With its fairly descriptive name for a distro, Neil Bothwick finds out in just what situations it can rescue our little penguin.
IN BRIEF
Rescatux is a live distribution the provides an easier way to solve some of the more tricky problems that can beset our computers. The one image supports both 32-bit and 64-bit hardware and can be used to recover from most of the common situations that can prevent your computer booting, both for Linux and Windows.
A mong all the problems that our readers write to Answers for help with, by far the most popular (?) are booting issues. The vast majority of those relate to GRUB. Unlike its predecessor, GRUB2 is a complex beast. This is good for distro makers as it allows boot setup to be automated, but it can make life difficult when things go wrong.