Re: Invoking ddrescue
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 09:05:17PM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 11/12/2016 2:57 PM, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> >[*SNIP*]
> >Those steps are a rough sketch. Many details already flew back
> >and forth in this thread, so I didn't want to bloat the thing
> >too much. Feel free to ask where things are unclear.
> >
>
> I'm tangled up !! I plead for 5 or 6 lines to copy-n-paste.
> On my left hand I have a defective hard disk - AKA /dev/sdc .
> On my right hand I have a partitioned device waiting for data - AKA
> /dev/sdb6 .
> Automount has been disabled explicitly.
> I have been EXPLICITLY told that ddrescue is the appropriate tool.
> Reading
> https://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/manual/ddrescue_manual.html
> and a half dozen "tutorials" convinces me of that. Clear
> explanations given in those documents why dd and other tools *NOT*
> suitable for my circumstances.
>
>
> How do I prepare to invoke
> ddrescue /dev/sdc /mnt/repaired.img /mnt/repaired.log
That sounds about right. Problem is... I haven't used ddrescue (yet),
but only dd -- so better wait for more ddrescue-savvy folks to chime
in for the gory details.
Going by the ddrescue manual [1], your command line looks pretty
sane to me.
Regards
[1] https://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/manual/ddrescue_manual.html#Invoking-ddrescue
- -- tomás
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux)
iEYEARECAAYFAlgoVOEACgkQBcgs9XrR2kb78wCfQy+xgvHizbvHvAmmt0gLrDaH
OPYAnigypVBMmd+CTV5bsrsb0ZWG7gDI
=Nz9z
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Reply to: