Re: [Bug-ddrescue] System Rescue CD uses obsolete version of ddrescue

[Scott Dwyer]

First, it is not easy at all to "slipstream" something into a Linux live 
CD. Your best bet would be to use a USB drive to install the latest 
version of ddrescue when booted to the live CD. You can install software 
in the live environment (ram permitting), but obviously it will be gone 
after a reboot. Sometimes there are things missing for 
building/installing, and those must be installed also. I have not tested 
installing anything from that live CD, so I don't know how complicated 
it could get.

Second, have you yourself attempted to contact the author of the System 
Rescue CD and suggest the update? As someone that does produce my own 
remastered live CD, I can say that if someone contacts me with a request 
for updated software with a good reason for the update, I will look into 
updating it in the next version release if possible. I am not sure how 
the author of the System Rescue CD handles requests (or how many 
requests there are to deal with), but sometimes your voice can matter 
even if you don't think it will.


On 5/31/2018 2:02 PM, Shahrukh Merchant wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I use ddrescue exclusively from the System Rescue CD environment. The 
> latest System Rescue CD build of 2018-04-02 (see 
> http://www.system-rescue-cd.org/Download/) still uses ddrescue-1.21-r1 
> (see http://www.system-rescue-cd.org/Detailed-packages-list/), even 
> though 1.23 has been available since 2018-02-19.
>
> Two questions:
>
> 1. Antonio, would it be effective if you contacted the System Rescue 
> CD people to get them to incorporate updating to the latest ddrescue 
> version as part of their release procedure?
>
> 2. What is the easiest way to "slipstream" in the latest ddrescue into 
> an .iso file of System Rescue CD, so that when I create a burn a CD 
> from that ISO file I basically get the same result? (I'm Windows 7 
> 64-bit based, so other than when I boot into System Rescue CD to run 
> ddrescue, I don't really have make capabilities to compile, nor I am 
> really sure how to do so in a way that would work in the System Rescue 
> CD environment, so would need to be able to slipstream a pre-compiled 
> version compatible with the System Rescue CD environment.)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Shahrukh
>
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