Tomsrtbt

Tom's Root Boot Rescue Disk is avaible at http://www.toms.net/rb/. Create this floppy and a FAT floppy with a static version of testdisk and the TermInfo file for linux terminal (usually found at /usr/share/terminfo/l/linux) in a directory l/.

mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /fl
export TERM=linux
export TERMINFO=/fl
cd /fl
./testdisk /log

Because this second floppy filesystem is FAT, it's easy to get the log file generated by TestDisk.

Paud

You can try to use Paud floppy. It's based on a kernel 2.4. http://paud.sourceforge.net/

Home made floppydisk

I haven't finish it but you can find a script to create it.

Knoppix

Knoppix is a bootable CD with a collection of GNU/Linux software, automatic hardware detection, and support for many graphics cards, sound cards, SCSI and USB devices and other peripherals. KNOPPIX is shipped with an old version of TestDisk but latest Linux static version under Knoppix run without problem.

TestDisk home: http://www.cgsecurity.org/testdisk.html.
Christophe GRENIER grenier@cgsecurity.org