Better late than never!

Version 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) of the very best Free-Libre Open-Source data recovery software toolkit based on Ubuntu is out.

This release of Ubuntu-Rescue-Remix features up-to-date versions of the most powerful free/libre open-source data recovery software including GNU ddrescue version 1.10, Photorec, LVM2, etc...

You can download it here:

ubuntu-rescue-remix-9.04.iso

4c40d446111c0f559f354ee5c9239e38  ubuntu-rescue-remix-9.04.iso

This iso image is compatible with the excellent USB Startup Disk Creator that is included with Ubuntu.  Use it to put the Rescue Remix along with a persistent home on any USB flash drive.

If you prefer to work in a graphical environment, a metapackage is available which will install all the data recovery and forensics tools onto your current Ubuntu system.  To do so, add the following archive to your software channels:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/arzajac/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

Then, install the "ubuntu-rescue-remix-tools" package.

For help on recovering your lost data, visit the community documentation Data Recovery page, or ask on the ubuntu-rescue-remix forums.

If you want to expand the Rescue Remi's capabilities and features, please join in its development.  Any and all help is welcome!

Andrew

The 8.10 version of the very best Free-Libre Open-Source data recovery software toolkit based on Ubuntu is out.

This release of Ubuntu-Rescue-Remix features up-to-date versions of the most powerful free/libre open-source data recovery software including GNU ddrescue version 1.9.

You can download it here:

ubuntu-rescue-remix-8.10.iso

md5sum ef32541cb6f33dbe9840a9bc56e7cb27  ubuntu-rescue-remix-8.10.iso

A premade usb image is also available here:

rescue-remix-8.10.gz

md5sum 3f74a97faced716aba51baaa048f2303  rescue-remix-8.10.gz
 

To write the image to a usb drive, insert the usb drive, determine the device's name and run the following command:

zcat rescue-remix-8.10.gz | sudo tee /dev/sdXx >/dev/null

Where "Xx" is the appropriate device (for example /dev/sdc1). Be careful since it will erase the filesystem on the device's partition! You can partition the device any way you like. The rescue-remix USB version occupies 200 Megabytes of disk space on the drive. The partition to which you write it should be set as bootable and an MBR should be written to the device.

Alternatively, the image can be written to the entire USB drive (Example /dev/sdc) for simplicity. This avoids having to partiion the drive or set up an MBR. However, you will not be able to use the remaining space on the drive.

For help on recovering your lost data, visit the community documentation Data Recovery page, or ask on the ubuntu-rescue-remix forums.

Ubuntu Rescue Remix version 8.04 is out.

It features updated packages including Gnu ddrescue version 1.8.

Download the CD image here:

MD5SUM:
9c4f019da1b9d27a469cfbeb5e73dba6 ubuntu-remix-804.iso

Torrent also available: http://www.mininova.org/tor/1422698

To burn an iso image, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto

Download the USB image here:

MD5SUM:
e480c4a72171203e1384c6a3e6990786 ubuntu-remix-804.usb.gz

Torrent also available: http://www.mininova.org/tor/1422709

To write the USB image to a flash drive, run:

zcat ubuntu-remix-804.usb.gz | sudo tee /dev/sdxX >/dev/null

where "sdxX" is the correct device (sdc1) for example.

Be careful to pick the correct device as writing this to disk will erase everything else on the disk.

If the device does not boot, try installing an MBR onto the USB drive:

sudo apt-get install mbr

sudo mbr-install /dev/sdX # Pick the correct device!

2008/05/19 - Thanks to Justin for setting up the torrents.