These programs are meant to supplement the fehlix live rescue system. The main thing is these allow you to get into a system even if its initrd.img is broken. It also let's you get into multiple systems without rebooting.
If it has a problem identifying a Linux distro, please let me know and (ideally) show me how to correctly identify that system.
Chroot into a Linux file system to perform repairs or to poke around.
Usage: chroot-rescue [options] <directory> [[--] <command> [<args>]]
Bind Mount /sys /proc and /dev file and under <directory>. Mount
run/ as tmpfs and then chroot into that directory using a command.
If <command> is given we try to find that command under the directory
and run it in the chroot. Otherwise we look for /bin/bash and then
/bin/sh and run the first one that is found.
Options:
-h --help Show this help
-n --no-x Don't allow Xwindows applications to launch
--pause Pause before normal exit
-p --pretend Don't actually execute commands
-P --prompt=<str> Add this string to the prompt
-q --quiet Only print error messages
-u --umount Umount all subdirectories of the given directory
-V --verbose Show commands that get executed
-v --version Show version and exit
The chroot-rescue-select program will offer to chroot into any Linux file system mounted under a directory (default /media). The --scan option will cause it to mount all Linux filesystems under the directory (if they are not already mounted there).
Usage: chroot-rescue-select [<options>]
Look for all Linux systems under the top directory (/media).
Provide a menu of all systems found and chroot into the selected
one.
Options:
-C --color=<xxx> Set color scheme to off|low|low2|bw|dark|high
-d --dir=<directory> Directory to look for linux systems under
Default: /media
-h --help Show this usage
-m --menu Output menu information then exit
-s --scan Scan all partitions for Linux systems
-S --separator=<x> Character to separate columns of data
Default: \t
-v --version Show the version number and date
Unpack and repack our live initrd file or a Debian initrd file.
Usage: unpack-initrd [options]
Unpack and repack the live initrd.gz for antiX and MX. Also unpack
and repack Debian initramfs files. Supports the following forms of
compression: bz2, gzip, lz4, lzip, lzma, xz (assuming the associated
(de)compression tool is available. Also supports microcode
preambles.
Options:
-C --clear Delete directory before unpacking
-c --compress=<prog> Use <prog> to recompress the initrd
-d --dir=<dir> Unpack in <dir> instead of ./initrd
-f --file=<file> Unpack <file> instead of:
/live/boot-dev/antiX/initrd.gz
--from=<file> Same as --file
-l --level=<N> Set compression level: 1 (fastest) -- 9 (best)
(only applies to certain compression methods)
-h --help Show this usage
-n --no-md5 Don't make a .md5 file in --repack mode
-N --no-microcode Do not repack microcode
-p --pretend Show commands without running them
-r --repack Repack the initrd file
-s --silent Only show error messages
-q --quiet Say very little
-V --verbose Show commands in addition to running them
-v --version Show the version then exit