Why don't you pick a distro you like and then create a live usb with persistence so you can install packages you want, save your files etc.
Alternatively you can use something like Kali which is a bit overkill. https://docs.kali.org/downloading/kali-linux-live-usb-persistence On Tue, 29 Oct 2019 at 06:34, Shahrukh Merchant < shahr...@shahrukhmerchant.com> wrote: > I've been using ddrescue with System Rescue CD for some years, and while > I've been satisfied so far, I would like to install the ddrutility package. > > I created a System Rescue CD Live USB with persistence so I could use > the backing store with overlayfs to be able to customize the USB to some > extent. > > Much to my disappointment, not only is ddrutility not in the System > Rescue CD package, but nor is pacman (Arch Linux's package installer) > nor apt-get or apt or yum or whatever other package installers are out > there. Not even make, not even gcc. So I can't install it myself either. > > So my question is--what is an alternative Live USB installation that has > the following features? > > 1. Includes ddrescue (of course) and related utilities like parted, > ntfs-3g, losetup and other stuff that would be good to have in a rescue > environment? > > 2. Includes the ddrutility package, ideally, or at least has the ability > to install it (and possibly other packages too) in a persistent way. > > 3. Networking and graphical support would be nice, so it can serve as a > general basic Unix environment as well even outside of "rescue" functions. > > System Rescue CD is unfortunately missing Item 2 in the list above. > > Shahrukh > > -- Kind Regards Reon Toerien __________________ Tel: +27 (0) 83 270 2889 email: rzt...@gmail.com