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Article posted on Aug 11
Finnix 93.0 released
- Posted by Ryan Finnie on August 11, 2009, 12:01 am
Finnix is a small, self-contained, bootable Linux CD distribution for system administrators, based on Debian testing. Today marks the release of version 93.0 for the x86/AMD64, PowerPC, and UML/Xen platforms.
Finnix 93.0 itself is a maintenance release, but due to the length of time between Finnix 92.1 and 93.0, the time between Debian upstream updates warranted a major version number bump. New features include Linux kernel 2.6.30, and updated upstream software.
- Home page: http://www.finnix.org/
- Download: http://www.finnix.org/Download
- Release notes: http://www.finnix.org/Finnix_93.0_release_notes
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- fo0bar: !Finnix 104 released! http://ur1.ca/85rl4
- fo0bar: !Finnix has become quite popular in China in the last day. About 5000 downloads in the last few hours.
- fo0bar: This !Finnix release has been unusually quiet. Usually the Internet becomes a release announcement echo chamber in the first 24 hours.
- fo0bar: !Finnix 102 released! http://blog.finnix.org/2011/07/23/finnix-102-released/
- finnix: Hello! Please join the !Finnix group on Identica, http://blog.finnix.org/ for blog updates, and http://www.finnix.org/ to download. Thanks!
I find Finnix extremely useful when servicing Windows as well as Linux machines, especially for taking backups of systems that will not boot properly.
I tried to make a bootable DVD using mkisofs using the isolinux.bin file in the v93 iso download and it would not work (checksum error when booting). When I replaced the file with one of 11845 bytes which I got from isolinux distro it worked. Is the copy corrupt in the v93 ISO???
P.S. great work by the way. I have now got bootable USB and DVD. I love the way it always maps the device (whichever device) to /cdrom.
This makes it easy to script partimage as the source files can just be put in on the media without needing to recompile.
I just want to take opportunity to thank the Finnix team for a great linux distro :) I was so happy to find this, as I have several old PPC Macs, and Finnix is the best boot CD by far.
1000 HUGS FOR THE FINNIX TEAM :D
Dude, it's not possible to use the swedish characters åäö ÅÄÖ. The swedish keymap works as far as I can see, but not those three keys. Im so pissed off right now :P
I've used the FINNIX v. 93.0 for PPCs (e.g. iMac G3s Model A's) and it is indeed an excellent tool. Great work!!!
I tried to make a bootable DVD using mkisofs using the isolinux.bin file in the v93 iso download and it would not work (checksum error when booting). When I replaced the file with one of 11845 bytes which I got from isolinux distro it worked. Is the copy corrupt in the v93 ISO??? P.S. great work by the way. I have now got bootable USB and DVD. I love the way it always maps the device (whichever device) to /cdrom. This makes it easy to script partimage as the source files can just be put in on the media without needing to recompile.