------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Weekly" Rolling Release (2023-11-26) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Adds releases based on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic), and Ubuntu 23.04 (Lunar) for best support of new hardware * Adds release based on the still-in-development Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble), but setting Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic) as default version * Upgrades to latest partclone release `v0.3.27` (released October 2023) from `v0.3.20` (which was released in April 2022) * This should improve issues with BTRFS filesystems, as it supports BTRFS v6.3.3, rather than v5.11 (#393) * Added experimental command-line interface (CLI) (#258) * CLI should be considered EXPERIMENTAL and UNSTABLE, and behavior may change between versions without notice * CLI only supports images created by Clonezilla and Rescuezilla (the other supported formats coming in future) * CLI only supports backup, verify, restore and clone operations (mount and unmount operations coming in future) * Integrated Rescuezilla into the automated integration test suite scripts, to hopefully enable faster project iteration * Continue image scan after an error, so permission denied on irrelevant folders no longer block populating the image list * Fixed issue causing backup of Linux md RAID devices containing MBR partition tables to fail (#448) * Installs 'hashdeep' package as stop-gap command-line workaround for a specific user niche until Rescuezilla's UI handles it (#441) * Fixed failing restore and clone operations when Rescuezilla v2.4.2 booted into Portuguese language, due to a minor typo (#438) Rescuezilla v2.5 will be the above, plus fixes to the UnicodeDecodeError (#402, #412, #443, #454) that are persistently impacting some users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.4.2 (2023-03-05) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Removes the Intel screen tearing fix introduced for v2.3 (2021-12-24), which should fix black screens on Intel graphics (#281) * Introduces Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic) for best support of new hardware, but leaves default build as Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy) * Reintroduces a 32-bit (Intel i386) build, currently based on Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic) (#232) after it was temporarily dropped in v2.0 (2020-10-14) * Note: Partclone backwards compatibility is imperfect and 32-bit release uses old Ubuntu repository partclone version, not latest compiled version * Fixes Backup mode's broken SSH port field introduced in v2.4 (#385) * Installs lxappearance (#274), hexdump (bsdmainutils) (#382), flashrom (#388) * Installed packages which improve ability to mount encrypted drives with pcmanfm file manager (#379) * Replaces out-of-service Travis-CI build bot integration with GitHub Actions, for improved quality-control, and to assist Rescuezilla contributors * Many existing translations updated, but also added: * Albanian/Shqip (sq-AL) (Translation in-progress) * Lithuanian/Lietuvių (lt-LT) * Dutch/Nederlands (nl-NL) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.4.1 (2022-09-05) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Fixed broken wifi after v2.4 broke it (due to change in Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy leading to a key package not being installed (#366) * Reintroduced ISO variant based on Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal), to assist users with AMD/Intel graphics * AMD/Intel graphics still expected to be broken on "Jammy" variant except when using Graphical Fallback Mode (#351) * Fixed image verification for German language (broken for all images in v2.4 German language mode, due to a typo in a translation string) (#352) * Fixed similar fatal user-facing error messages caused by translation typos in the French, Danish and Catalan translations * Add the font to fix display of the cross mark character "❌" in the image verification summary * Fixed "stuck at 0%" progress bar when the destination is read-only (#363) * Added protection to prevent other unexpected situations from leading to the same behavior * Many existing translations updated, but also added: * Thai/ภาษาไทย (th-TH) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.4 (2022-08-07) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Replaces Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish) build with build based on Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy) for best support of new hardware * Builds latest version of partclone from source code `v0.3.20`, instead of OS package (#168, #309 and #335) * This fixes "unsupported feature" error for users of compressed BTRFS filesystems (such as Fedora Workstation 33 and newer) * Removed old partclone v0.2.43 used to _maximize_ legacy Redo Backup compatibility (modern partclone still provides good backwards compatibility) * Switched Firefox to Mozilla Team PPA repository, because new "snap" packages incompatible with chroots (#364) * Added ability to compress images using bzip2 algorithm (#290) * Moved post-completion action to in-progress page (#316) * Added ability to set custom SSH port (#336) * Fixed execution of Clonezilla EFI NVRAM script to better correctly handle reboot on EFI systems (#348) * Many existing translations updated, but also added: * Arabic/ﺎﻠﻋﺮﺒﻳﺓ (ar-EG) * Catalan/Català (ca-ES) (Translation in-progress) * Czech/Čeština (cs-CZ) (Translation in-progress) * Hungarian/Magyar (hu-HU) Translation in-progress) * Slovak/Slovenčina (sk-SK) (Translation in-progress) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Weekly" Rolling Release (2022-07-24) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Replaces Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish) build with build based on Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy) for best support of new hardware * Builds latest version of partclone from source code `v0.3.20`, instead of OS package (#168, #309 and #335) * This fixes "unsupported feature" error for users of compressed BTRFS filesystems (such as Fedora Workstation 33 and newer) * Removed old partclone v0.2.43 used to _maximize_ legacy Redo Backup compatibility (modern partclone still provides good backwards compatibility) * Switched Firefox to Mozilla Team PPA repository, because new "snap" packages incompatible with chroots (#364) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Weekly Rolling Release (2022-06-26) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Added ability to compress images using bzip2 algorithm (#290) * Moved post-completion action to in-progress page (#316) * Added ability to set custom SSH port (#336) * Many existing translations updated, but also added: * Arabic/ﺎﻠﻋﺮﺒﻳﺓ (ar-EG) (Translation in-progress) * Catalan/Català (ca-ES) (Translation in-progress) * Czech/Čeština (cs-CZ) (Translation in-progress) * Hungarian/Magyar (hu-HU) Translation in-progress) * Slovak/Slovenčina (sk-SK) (Translation in-progress) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.3.1 (2022-01-02) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Fixed "Clone always stuck at 0%" issue introduced in v2.3.0 (#297) * Added Korean/한국어 translation (ko-KR) * Significantly updated Italian/Italiano translation (it-IT) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.3 (2021-12-24) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Implemented initial image verification feature (#30) * Adds "Rescue" option to ignore filesystem inconsistencies and bad sectors (#237) * Replaces Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute) build with build based on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish) for best support of new hardware * Added ability to restore and explore images created by "Apart" partclone GUI (#230) * Improved image scanning to try to fix report of where some images not scanning except with Browse (#251) * Fixed display of LVM shutdown error message (#250) * Displayed error message on duplicate image name (#283) * Displayed error message when mounting swap partition attempted (#259) * Displayed serial number of drives in response to feedback (#227) * Added lxappearance package to make it easy to set the dark theme (#275) * Added ability to open file manager as root using right-click (#281) * Added user-provided Intel Xorg conf file to hopefully stop screen tearing (#281) * Fixed issue preventing restoring of images created by FSArchiver/qtfsarchiver (#255) * Fixed ability to click certain URLs and open a web browser * Listed 'lvm2' as a dependency to assist installing Rescuezilla as standalone package * Switched to "xdg-open" to launch file manager and web browser, rather than hardcoding pcmanfm and Firefox * Added (or significantly updated) translations: * Hebrew/עִברִית (he-IL) (#244) * Tiếng Việt (vi-VN) (#263) * Danish/Dansk (da-DK) (#248) * Russian/Русский (ru-RU) (#270) * Indonesian/Bahasa Indonesia (id-ID) (in-progress) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.2 (2021-06-04) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Implemented cloning (direct 'device-to-device' mode) (#47) * Added ability to restore and explore all virtual machine image formats supported by qemu-nbd (#192) (VirtualBox’s VDI, VMWare’s VMDK, Qemu’s QCOW2, HyperV's VHDx, raw .dd/.img and many more) * Added ability to restore and explore images created by all remaining open-source imaging frontends (#194) (Redo Rescue, Foxclone, FSArchiver, Redo v0.9.2 and very-early handling of FOG Project images) * Added ability to customize compression format (gzip, zstandard, uncompressed) and compression level (#170) * Implemented remaining Clonezilla image restore logic to improve handling of many corner cases: (task #146) * Grows filesystem to fit partition size (but almost always filesystem size is already equal to partition size) * Runs filesystem check on all restored filesystems * Clears the NTFS volume dirty flag, for source during backup/clone and destination for restore/clone * Removes the udev MAC address records (if any) using Clonezilla script * Re-install the syslinux bootloader (if any) using Clonezilla script * Re-install the GRUB bootloader (if any) using Clonezilla script * Update initramfs (if any) using Clonezilla script * Relocates all NTFS filesystems using geometry from sfdisk or (if available) EDD (Enhanced Disk Device) * Restores LVM VG metadata with --force to match a recent Clonezilla patch referring to thin-pool LVs * Ensures each LVM VG metadata once is only restored once, to support newer versions of vgcfgrestore * Updates EFI NVRAM for the boot device * Replaces Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy) build with build based on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute) for best support of new hardware * Added option to shutdown or reboot after operation completes successfully (#165) * Added ability to connect to NFS and SSH (SFTP) network shared folders (#81, #118) * Added ability to write a description for backup images (#137) * Added ability to make a screenshot by pressing Print Screen (#166) * Added ability to cancel mount operations by closing the 'please wait' popup * Switched SMB/CIFS version number field to dropdown menu to make valid options much more clear (#161) * Fixed ability to connect to unauthenticated/anonymous Windows network shares (#190) * Improved handling of Clonezilla images that contain multiple disks (#123) * Improved ability to double-click on rows during backup to toggle them (instead of going to the next page) * Switched from lxterminal to xfce4-terminal for features like select-all and search * Switched the compression of ISO image's mksquashfs root filesystem to zstd level 19 (from gzip level 9) (#161) * Fixed Image Explorer (beta) "Error: Socket failed: Connection refused" errors by polling nbd device * Displays error when trying to restore to disk smaller-than-original if disk not correctly prepared * Unmounts '/isodevice' on boot to improve when Rescuezilla ISO is itself installed as GRUB boot menu item (#207) * Ignores the common executable files that have names matching backup images: eg /bin/parts, /sbin/parts, partclone.dd * Fixed display of keep/overwrite partition table info message without needing to first click the checkbox * Added ability to backup CD/DVDs as Clonezilla image containing a raw sector-by-sector dd backup (experimental) * Switched error dialog box to be scrollable and resizable * Ensured progress bar better reflects the amount of data being copied (#129) * Ensured consistent 'last modified' timestamp string across all image formats * Ensured ecryptfs-utils, partimage packages are installed as intended * Added Firefox bookmarks for Rescuezilla FAQ, Patreon * Improved information provided to user during partition table refresh, LVM shutdown, image scan * Improved filesystem size estimates for Clonezilla LVM logical volumes * Suppressed unnecessary confirmation when mounting uncompressed images using Image Explorer (beta) * Fixed slow scanning of legacy Rescuezilla v1.0.5-v1.0.6.1 images * Calculated filesystem sizes of Redo Backup v0.9.2-v1.0.4 images based on partclone.info * Resets progress bar at the start of backup/restore/clone operation, rather than showing 100% initially * Improves warning messages when legacy Redo Backup images are missing image files * Improves truncated MBR, missing sfdisk file warning messages * Added dependency on the Clonezilla package for access to its udev/syslinux/GRUB/initramfs scripts (see above) * Added edd=on kernel boot option to assist with advanced NTFS filesystem geometry relocation * Switched to using Weblate to manage translations (#196): https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/rescuezilla * Added translations: * Swedish/Svenska (sv-SE) (#186) * Turkish/Türkçe (tr-TR) (#89) * Chinese (Simplified)/中文(简体) (zh-CN) (#191) * Chinese (Traditional)/中文(繁體) (zh-Hant) * Norwegian Bokmål/Norsk Bokmål (nb-NO) * Russian/Русский (ru-RU) * Danish/Dansk (da-DK) * Added scrollbar to GRUB boot menu to handle increasing number of languages * Removed 'localepurge' whitelist since number of translations is growing ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.1.3 (2021-01-29) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Added scrollbars to improve usability on low-resolution displays (#164) * Fixed automatic maximization of the Python-based Rescuezilla frontend window (#164) * Added Greek/Ελληνικά (el-GR) translation by tkatsageorgis (ευχαριστώ!) (#171) * Added Japanese/日本語 (ja-JP) translation by AE720 (ありがとう!) (#176) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.1.2 (2021-01-01) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Fixed incorrect pattern match that sometimes prevented booting after restoring an MBR disk (#162) * Removed "Are You Sure" prompt on Image Explorer (beta) unmount ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.1.1 (2020-12-14) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Fixed restoring dual-boot GRUB bootloader on MBR systems after bug was introduced in v2.1 (#155) * Fixed display of error message if a partclone backup fails (#122) * Skipped making second backup of Extended Boot Record using partclone to better match Clonezilla * Removed partclone images on backup failure to better match Clonezilla's behavior * Added "Are You Sure" prompt to Image Explorer (beta) so users understand the limitations * Added Italian/Italiano (it-IT) translation by AlexTux87 (Grazie!) (#154) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.1 (2020-12-12) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Added ‘Image Explorer’ (beta) to easily mount partclone images and extract files (#20) Currently based on partclone-nbd. Feature is extremely fast for uncompressed images. Both Clonezilla and Rescuezilla currently default to gzip compression which requires decompressing a lot of data so mounting and exploring images over 50GB is relatively slow. * Added build based on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy) for improved NVidia graphics card support (#115) * Fixed slow backup speed after mistakenly switching away from pigz multithreaded compression (#125) * Fixed scan issue on some Redo Backup v0.9.8-v1.0.4, Rescuezilla v1.0.5-v1.0.6.1 images (#127) * Added ability to cancel the image scan by closing the progress bar popup (#126) * Displayed more progress details during drive query and image scan (#126) * Ensured that (unlike Clonezilla), disks with >1024MB still have 1MB post-MBR gap backup (#131) * Ensured all post-MBR gap always restored (whether 1MB or 1024MB), not just the first 256KB (#131) * Fixed post-MBR gap backup being one 512-byte sector too large (#131) * Fixed ability to specify the SMB/CIFS network share version field (#140) * Fixed “dev-fs.list” image scanning errors with recent Clonezilla “testing” releases (#139) * Ignored “sector-size” line in sfdisk partition table to maximize forward compatibility (#147) * Considered failure to query optional drive geometry information as non-fatal error (#122) * Ensured .info gets created for Microsoft Reserved Partitions to better match Clonezilla (#144) * Fixed rounding error for drive/partition sizes, and removed python hurry.filesize library (#148) * Improved handling of read-only destination drives during backup * Added partclone-nbd v0.0.3 and partclone-utils v0.4.2 applications (#20) * Added Brazilian Portuguese/Português brasileiro (pt-BR) translation by vinicioslc (obrigado!) (#128) * Added Polish/Polski (pl-PL) translation by zeit439 (dzięki!) (#135) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.0 (2020-10-14) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Switched to creating backups in Clonezilla format for full interoperability with Clonezilla Rescuezilla is now a drop-in replacement to Clonezilla! (#4) This means backups created using Clonezilla can be restored using Rescuezilla, and vice versa :) * Warning: Backups created with Rescuezilla v2.0 or newer cannot be restored using earlier versions of Rescuezilla. Backups created with older versions of Rescuezilla can still of course be restored with v2.0 or newer * Added ability to restore individual partitions, and not overwrite partition table (#46) * Rewrote the Rescuezilla frontend in the Python3 programming language (#49, #48, #111) * Added backup/restore confirmation and summary pages, back button (#6) * Improved exit code handling and error messages (#29, #114), image selection (#109) * Added the ability to backup and restore software RAID (md) devices (#45) * Added the ability to backup and restore SD card (mmcblk) devices (#95) * Added filesystem-aware backup/restore of Linux Logical Volume Manager (LVM) (#44) * Improved ability to restore to disks smaller or larger than original (#96) * Adapted GParted launcher script to temporarily shutdown file manager's one-click mount and prevent GParted and Rescuezilla from running at the same time, to reduce risk of conflicts * Added GParted desktop shortcut * Released Rescuezilla as standalone deb file for advanced users on Ubuntu 20.04 (#119) * Disabled 32-bit ISO image temporarily until Python virtual environment configured (#120) * Switched from unmaintained SLiM (Simple Login Manager) to LightDM for reliability (#101, #115) * Separated 'Safe Mode' boot menu item to two: "Graphical fallback mode" and "Load USB into RAM" * Disabled Linux time sync to prevent hardware clock modification (thanks zebradots!) (#107) * Improved window auto-maximization settings for improved usability * Switches from GTK Bluebird theme to Breeze theme (#52) * Renamed existing photorec start menu shortcut to "Photograph deep scan" (112) * Added start menu shortcut for the TestDisk command-line undelete / file recovery app (#112) * Added nouveau-firmware package to improve support for ~2009 vintage NVidia graphics cards * Replaced start menu gear icon with lxpanel default icon based on user feedback * Added Patreon link to Rescuezilla's logo to help achieve sustainable funding Project Announcements * RESCUEZILLA IS NOW OFFICIALLY OPEN FOR TRANSLATIONS! See the Translations HOWTO page for more information. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.0.6.1 (2020-06-26) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Improved slow shutdown on Rescuezilla 64-bit (which was caused by file manager application) (#87) * Fixed French, German and Spanish keyboard layout not being selected (#99) * Skipped “Please remove the installation medium, then press ENTER” after shutdown (#87) * Fixed mousepad text editor’s shortcuts and file-associations (#98) * Added grub2-common package for /usr/sbin/grub-install executable, which was intended for v1.0.6 (#50) * Fixed version string indicating TravisCI build bot on v1.0.6 used non-pristine build directory (#102) * Tweaked Rescuezilla wallpaper, splash screen, icon for aesthetics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.0.6 (2020-06-18) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Added 64-bit version (this fixes the slow transfer rates issue on systems with >16GB RAM) (#3) * Added support for booting on EFI-only machines (including with Secure Boot enabled) [64-bit only] (#1) * Switched ISOLINUX bootloader to GRUB affecting all boot approaches: BIOS, EFI and CD-ROM * Upgraded OS base to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal) from 18.04 LTS (Bionic) [64-bit only] (#51) * Ubuntu 20.04 has dropped 32-bit, so Rescuezilla 32-bit remains based on Ubuntu 18.04 * Fixed issue preventing backup/restore of drives smaller than typically ~40 megabytes (#55) * Fixed broken GRUB backup affecting _some_ 1MiB-aligned filesystems on MBR-formatted disks, by copying all of “post-MBR gap” between MBR and first partition, not just typical 32KiB. (#50) * Fixed a “stuck at 0%” issue when paths contain certain special characters (#15) * Removed false menu items such as “(Windows Boot Manager, )” by correctly merging items (#69) * Removed restrictions which prevented users entering special characters in filenames and paths * Fixed use of silver “Bluebird” theme, replacing the dull grey default used by v1.0.5/v1.0.5.1 (#48) * Increased logging of internal commands for improved ability to track down reported bugs * Writes the log file into destination directory (so it always persists between reboots) (#61) * Improved the error message when a mount (of CIFS/SMB network share) fails * Adds boot menu item to enter “BIOS” firmware setup [EFI-boot only] * Replaced Redo Backup logo with new Rescuezilla logo (with “Tux” pengiun mascot) (#62) * Switched ISO naming to eg, “rescuezilla-1.0.6-32bit.iso” from “redobackup-livecd-1.0.6.iso” * Installs Rescuezilla frontend as a deb package, which increases flexibility of installation (#13) * Moved scripts from tertiary File Hierarchy Standard (eg, /usr/local/sbin/rescuezilla) to secondary FHS (eg, /usr/sbin/rescuezilla) as the rationale that scripts were “developed by the system administrator of the system it is deployed on” is no longer valid when installing as a deb package * Added GRUB packages to assist users who want to use Rescuezilla to perform a GRUB repair (#50) * Minimized divergence of Rescuezilla 32-bit and 64-bit package environment: (see below) * Replaced Chromium Web Browser with Firefox to avoid Ubuntu 20.04 snap-based packaging as snaps cannot yet (#63) be installed in chroot-based environments (which the Rescuezilla build uses) * Replaced unsupported ‘leafpad’ text editor with similarly lightweight ‘mousepad’ text editor * Removed ‘maximus’ auto-maximize package (as behavior replaced by OpenBox config in v1.0.5) * Added [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/join/rescuezilla) as a second Firefox homepage, to help achieve sustainable funding. Project Announcements * The original Redo Backup and Recovery author has resurfaced after a 7.5 year absence to release an incompatible update named Redo Rescue, with features planned for Rescuezilla v1.0.7. * Rescuezilla is moving to a new support forum, and will continue to provide world-class user support, backwards compatibility, bugs fixes and features. * The Rescuezilla project will continue to be developed, with major upgrades planned for v1.0.7. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.0.5.1 (2020-03-24) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Added support for NVMe hard drives (#27) * Fixed Redo Backup’s notorious “restore succeeded but all partitions unknown” bug (#36) * Fixed restoring of backups created with several old and buggy unofficial Redo Backup v1.0.4 updates * Fixed “stuck at text login prompt unless using Safe Mode” issue (#25) * Added version field for SMB/CIFS network drives for connecting to older shares (#22) * Added retry unmount box to fix backing up of unmountable partitions (#16) * Prevented Rescuezilla using swap partitions that are present (#37) * Switched drive/partition list to sort by numeric not lexical ordering (1/2/3/10, not 1/10/2/3) * Fixed switch to multithreaded ‘pigz’ for backup compression, which was intended for v1.0.5 * Lowered X11 text scaling back to 100%, not 125% to prevent excessive number of linebreaks * Added /etc/rescuezilla/no_source_overwrite to always prevent overwriting source drive * Ensured French Safe Mode boots into French-language with French keymap, not into English * Added Spanish/Español (ES-es) translation by caralu74 (¡gracias!) (#31) * Fixed French/German/Spanish translated strings not being substituted, glyph rendering issues ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.0.5 (2019-11-08) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Upgraded base to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic) from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise) * Renamed project Rescuezilla but keeping ‘Redo’ for v1.0.5 (See ‘Project Announcements’ below) * Switched to Hardware Enablement kernel for best support of new hardware (thanks OAM775!) * Ensured official image bootable as both USB drive and CD (v1.0.4 was only bootable as a CD) * Added SliM (Simple Login Manager) to fix boot sometimes failing to start graphical environment * Switched to running the graphical session as unpriviliged user, for improved security * Removed deprecated gksu (graphical frontend to su/sudo), which was never necessary * Added PolicyKit policies to provide root privileges to certain applications (via pkexec) * Removed deprecated system-config-lvm (graphical LVM editor) * Replaced deprecated adeskbar (start menu) with lxpanel * Configured lxpanel to closely match adeskbar’s look-and-feel * Added yad dialog application and a custom graphical shutdown menu * Removed drivereset from start menu as Rescuezilla maintainer does not have a test environment * Replaced ‘maximus’ with openbox's builtin maximize settings, toggleable per-app * Switched to ‘pigz’ multithreaded gzip based on OAM775’s old releases (thanks!) * Fixed SMB/FTP passwords not working with special characters (thanks Dave Kipfer!) * Imported patches from Michal Suchanek’s git repo from 2012 and 2015, as practical (see next) * Added ability to restore partition to a drive smaller than the original (thanks Michal!) * Added ability to configure default share name via /etc/rescuezilla/share (thanks Michal!) * Added log file for each partition’s partclone operation (thanks Michal!) * Stopped printing of SMB credentials when mounting drives (thanks Michal!) * Stopped printing of FTP credentials when mounting drives * Removed deprecated sfdisk ‘-x’ argument used to save extended partition information * Replaced deprecated ‘sfdisk -R’ call with ‘blockdev –rereadpt’, to force reload partition info * Writes Rescuezilla version in the backup directory to help backwards compatibility * Writes partition information during backup so Ubuntu 18.04 partclone can correctly restore * Moved script from /sbin/redobackup to /usr/local/sbin/rescuezilla as per File Hierarchy Standard * Added filesystem-aware backup/restore of btrfs, exfat, f2fs filesystems * Fixed backup/restore of ufs, vmfs, jfs, hfs, reiserfs filesystems * Add filesystem utilities so GParted can modify btfs, hfs+, ufs, xfs filesystems * Added GNU ddrescue command-line data recovery tool * Added to right-click menu a ‘change screen resolution’ function * Added to right-click menu an ‘open terminal here’ function * Improved HiDPI display support by setting DPI to 125, not 96 * Improved HiDPI display support by increasing size of openbox titlebars * Added release timestamp and version information to boot menu * Added release timestamp to the status bar of the Redo Backup perl app * Replaced buggy lxrandr (resolution changer), with arandr (graphical screen resolution/layout) * Removed ‘nitrogen’ wallpaper manager application * Configured PCManFM file manger for desktop management and wallpaper display * Added desktop icons for important applications, mounted media * Writes all of redobackup/drivereset output to a file in a desktop directory, for easier bug reporting * Fixed pcmanfm Tools menu “Open Current Folder in Terminal” functionality * Removed unnecessary theme configuration: lxappearance, gtk-theme-switcher2, obconf * Added maketext localization framework to Redo Backup script, for easier translations * Added French/Français translation adapted from louvetch’s old release (merci!) * Added German/Deutsch translation adapted from chcatzsf’s old release (dankeschön!) * Appended translations to boot menu (future release will make this scalable to more languages) * ISO image grown to ~620MB mostly due to bloated Ubuntu, Chromium and language packs Project Announcements * Redo Backup and Recovery is back, with a new maintainer and an active support forum * The author of Redo Backup and Recovery remains uncontactable (despite many attempts) * The new maintainer does not control redobackup.org or Redo Backup and Recovery Sourceforge * The most realistic path is continuing active development under a different name. * Redo Backup and Recovery is in the process of being rebranded Rescuezilla * Rescuezilla v1.0.5 can restore backups created with Redo Backup v1.0.4 * For now, Redo Backup’s Sourceforge Project continues to be the official support forum Development updates * Created GitHub organization to manage development (http://github.com/redobackup/redobackup) * Added automated build scripts (adapting the tedious build instructions from the Sourceforge Wiki) * Added Dockerfile to optionally construct the optimal build environment for any git commit * Integrated Travis-CI.org continious integration build bot, for increased release rigor * Added script to display differences between *any* two Redo Backup and Recovery ISO images * Imported source of the older versions (v0.9.8-v1.0.4) from the snapshot release tarballs * Reconstructed v0.9.8-v1.0.4 build scripts based on CHANGELOGs, official ISO images * Enhanced build scripts with deb package caching, to minimize network usage of a typical build * Unified the unofficial releases (OAM775’s pigz/HWE changes, louvetch’s French translation, and chcatzsf’s German translation, Michal Suchanek’s v1.0.3 patches) into a git repository on GitHub * Reconstructed the official Redo Backup and Recovery webpage using the Wayback Machine * Added Project Roadmap, Translation HOWTO to GitHub Wiki * Uploaded reconstructed website to https://rescuezilla.com * Created Patreon account to help fund continued development ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.0.4 (2012-11-20) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Base upgrade to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise) * Percent complete now based on part sizes rather than total number of parts * Windows now have titlebars to ease minimizing, maximizing and closing * Time is now synced to localtime (hardware clock) after boot * Widget theme changed to Bluebird for Gtk3 compatibility * Now has a helpful beep to indicate when long processes are finished * Added alsamixergui to enable mixer button on volume control * Drive reset utility can now operate on multiple drives simultaneously * Removed synaptic and boot-repair packages to reduce image size ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.0.3 (2012-05-10) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Restore now overwrites MBR and partition table upon completion ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.0.2 (2012-01-03) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Updated to latest partclone stable binaries * Shorten dropdown menus with an ellipsis after certain character limit * Ubuntu Maverick repos for updates and backports added; base upgraded * Chromium browser launched with user data dir specified (to run as root) * Show time elapsed when backup/restore operations are completed * Added boot-repair tool for correcting any boot issues after restore * Added wget utility for easily downloading files from the command line * Show free space on destination drive while saving a backup * Warn if less than 1GB free on backup destination drive * Show an error if any of the partitions to restore do not exist * Allow spaces in network shared folders ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.0.1 (2011-08-09) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * LVM2 support added * Fixed HFS+ bug that prevented the proper partclone tool from being called * Minor changes to boot menu * Safe mode boot option now prompts user to select a valid video mode ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.0.0 (2011-07-01) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Added the wodim package for command-line CD burning * Password boxes now display hidden characters when typed in * Increased boot delay for machines that are slow to display it * Changed default boot option to load the system into RAM with "toram" * Changed safe video mode to use "xforcevesa nomodeset" * Updated the boot help text to provide info about Ubuntu boot options * Removed enhanced security erase option in drive reset tool for reliability ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 0.9.9 (2011-06-10) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Added missing ntfs-3g package to allow saving backups to NTFS drives * Version number can be found in bottom left after booting into GUI ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 0.9.8 (2011-03-10) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Major platform shift; building from Ubuntu rather than xPUD in the future * Many base features not directly related to backup/restore have changed * Added boot menu option to check CD media for defects * Added performance enhancement section to /etc/smb.conf * Updated fsarchiver and partclone binaries to latest stable versions * Boot splash screen now displays version number for easy identification ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 0.9.7 (2010-09-22) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Added autorun.exe to help Windows users realize that a reboot is needed * Changed color of UI background from orange to soft blue * Copied VERSION and LICENSE files to root of CD-ROM for easier access ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 0.9.6 (2010-08-28) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Fixed: Backup required scanning net before specifying a share manually * Fixed: Verification for drive reset can detect success or failure * Fixed: Missing rsync CLI dependencies have been added to the live CD image * Modified the bookmarks, labels and links in the UI * Marked wireless features as unsupported in the UI (experimental only) * Default boot option uses the fbdev driver in 1024x768 (16-bit) mode * Removed unused boot modes (e.g. command line mode) * Boot screen wait time reduced to 5 seconds * All packages moved to the "core" image file for simplicity * Added the grsync graphical utility for incremental file transfers * Added the scp tool for secure transfer of files via SSH * Added the very powerful gnome-disk-utility (palimpsest) * Added support for encrypted volumes with cryptsetup * Added GUI lshw-gtk tool to easily identify computer hardware components * Added the baobab graphical disk usage tool ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 0.9.5 (2010-08-08) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Major speed improvements; backups and restores now 4x faster * Standalone gzip binary allows the compression level to be specified * Updated partclone to version 0.2.13 * Added the smartmontools "smartctl" CLI for monitoring drive health * Back to using syslinux from the standard Ubuntu 9.10 repo version * Only one isolinux.cfg/syslinux.cfg file to maintain ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 0.9.4 (2010-08-02) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * New option to manually specify a shared folder or FTP server * Allow retry if network mount fails or bad password is provided * Warning: New backup naming convention allows dashes, not underscores * Created /opt/backup to hold backup components (instead of using /opt/core) * ISO CD-ROM label changed to "Redo Backup" * Suppress umount error messages when they aren't really errors * Added testdisk_static for recovering partition tables and MBRs * Added rsync for copying files with a progress indicator * Default boot option now works with any VESA-compatible video card * Simplified boot menu focused on hardware support instead of languages * Added F1 option to boot menu to display helpful options and information * Cancel button kills any running backup/restore processes before exiting * Hotplug scripts removed at boot time to stop automounting (for gparted) * USB installer upgraded to syslinux-3.86, forcibly writes mbr.bin to device * USB installer now creates FAT32 partition and filesystem instead of FAT16 * Optionally search for network shares on demand, rather than automatically * Compatibility fixes and UI improvements to factory drive reset tool * Added reiserfsprogs, reiser4progs and mcheck for more filesystem support ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 0.9.3 (2010-07-04) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Warning: Not interoperable with images from previous versions * Updated partclone to version 0.2.12 * Save partclone error log to /partclone.log during each operation * Split backup images into 2GB files rather than saving one giant file * Added GZIP compression to reduce size of backup image * Backup saves first 32768 bytes rather than 512 when imaging MBR * Partition list saved to *.backup instead of *.redo * Fixed missing nmap dependencies so that local FTP servers are found * USB installation now detects if CD is in /dev/scd0 or /dev/sdc1 * Stronger warning before overwriting all data to destination drive * Decision to abort restoration now aborts (continued either way before) * Abort restore if destination drive is smaller than the original * Do not allow partition being saved to be selected as the destination * Warn when restoring to the same drive the backup image is being read from * Minor graphic adjustment to title image * Removed kernel boot option "quiet" so users can see it is booting * Removed kernel boot option "noisapnp" (added by default in xPUD project) * Splash screen implemented on USB stick installations * Modified boot menu appearance and help text ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 0.9.2 (2010-06-24) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Initial release