Life & fun · February 25, 2025
LifeboatLinux, recover your damaged system from a 35Mb EFI Linux distro
I was tired of having to search for a USB drive every time I mess something with my computer so I decided to create this small EFI file that can be put in your EFI partition to boot from it. It has everything you should ever need to mount your filesystem and chroot to it so you can fix it. You just need to drop the file in your EFI partition and you can boot to it from your BIOS menu. I would appreciate feedback and ideas to make it better.
LifeboatLinux, recover your damaged system from a 35Mb EFI Linux distro launched on February 25, 2025 with 7 votes and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
What it does
Small linux recovery system in a single ~35Mb file. Just drop an EFI executable in your EFI partition and you are set. - hugochinchilla/lifeboat_linux
Live linux distro combined in one ~35MB file. Runs as a EFI binary so it should run on any UEFI computer (PC or Mac) without installation. Just copy one file to EFI system partition and boot. Download: https://github.com/hugochinchilla/lifeboat_linux/releases Sometimes I mess my computer and need to use a live USB to be able to access my filesystem and edit some config file to bring it back to life. I was inspired by OneFileLinux to create a minimal rescue system based on that idea so I don't need a live USB anymore. This distro can be used to access your filesystem and perform basic tasks as edit config files. It can be also handy to resize partitions. Cabled networking is supported,…from github.com
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