Live linux distribution that includes TrueCrypt, to be used for data recovery

I want to be able to use a CD/USB bootable "live" linux distribution to: * read a truecrypt volume * mount local drives Ubuntu Privacy Remix seemed perfect as it does include TrueCrypt, but it explicitly cannot see local drives (kernel source modified, as discussed here ). I want to use this live CD/USB distribution for backup/data recovery purposes, as in this question . For example, I might want to use truecrypt to decrypt the local drive and back it up unencrypted. Or, I might want to back up an unencrypted local drive to a truecrypt encrypted backup drive. Or both. Yes, it really really must be truecrypt (or something that can safely **and reliably** read/write **all valid** truecrypt partitions...). I'm aware that it is possible to boot one of the many live distros that doesn't have truecrypt, plug in a usb device with truecrypt on it, install truecrypt, and then use it for the above purposes. But that's painful and inelegant. Hence my question. **edit** I have tried to use cryptsetup, as described in the answer from Xen2050. Cryptsetup has problems mounting some truecrypt partitions . So the question still stands.