live CD with ddrescue?

[Dave Burton]

Can anyone recommend a "live CD" Linux distro which
includes ddrescue?  (Ideally, it would also have decent
support for USB external drives.)

Thanks,

Dave
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[fd lists]

Hi Dave,

THE FARMER'S BOOT CD (FBCD) includes 'ddrescue'.  Additionally, it has
excellent hardware support.

http://www.forensicbootcd.com


Please note that I am the developer of FBCD, and that it is a commercial
product.

Cheers!

farmerdude


http://www.onlineforensictraining.com

http://www.forensicbootcd.com




On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 15:30 -0400, Dave Burton wrote:

> Can anyone recommend a "live CD" Linux distro which
> includes ddrescue?  (Ideally, it would also have decent
> support for USB external drives.)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
> ncdave4life at gmail dot com but please no spam
>
>
>
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[andrew zajac-2]

Can anyone recommend a "live CD" Linux distro which
includes ddrescue?  (Ideally, it would also have decent
support for USB external drives.)

http://ubuntu-rescue-remix.org/

Ubuntu Rescue Remix is a GNU/Linux live system which runs from CD or USB flash device. It provides the data recovery specialist with a command-line interface environment equipped with the best free-libre, open source data recovery and forensics tools available.

It has the latest version of Gnu ddrescue.  It's free.

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[David Burton-3]

arzajac@... (andrew zajac) wrote:

> dave304@... (Dave Burton) wrote:
>
> > Can anyone recommend a "live CD" Linux distro which
> > includes ddrescue?  (Ideally, it would also have decent
> > support for USB external drives.)
>
>
> http://ubuntu-rescue-remix.org/
>
> Ubuntu Rescue Remix is a GNU/Linux live system which runs from CD or
> USB flash device. It provides the data recovery specialist with a
> command-line interface environment equipped with the best free-libre,
> open source data recovery and forensics tools available.
> It has the latest version of Gnu ddrescue.  It's free.

I tried the Ubuntu remix CD, and couldn't get it to work.

But I found the Parted Magic Live CD, which also includes
ddrescue (currently version 1.6).  It takes up only about
45 MB, and it works well.  It is a no-frills, no-nonsense
distro, which boots directly as root, with no password
nonsense.  I especially like the USB-flashdrive version
(rather than the CD version): it boots quickly, and the
USB stick is writable, so it serves as a good place for
ddrescue to put its logfile.  I was pleased to discover
how easy it was to make the bootable USB stick, and that
doing so did NOT require reformatting the USB stick or
deleting the files already on it.  The only issues I've
seen so far with it are:
1) No info or man page for ddrescue (nor, it appears, for
much else)
2) No Perl!  So I can't use my collection of Perl scripts
that I customarily use with ddrescue.
http://partedmagic.com/

Dave
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